PugJesusLearning the wrong lessons
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Audubon Ballroon (he/him)@keneakers, Black Royalty, shared the text and video below.
This is how I imagine #NatTurner woke up and chose violence instead of reasoning with the white enslavers……... Happy Black History Month. Nat Turner’s Rebellion in 1831 was a powerful
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MikeDunnAuthorToday, in honor of Black History Month, we remember Nat Turner, who led one of the only effective, sustained slave revolts in U.S. history (in 1831). They killed over 50 people, mostly whites, but the authorities put down the rebellion after a few days. Turner survived in hiding for several months. The militia and racist mobs, in turn, slaughtered up to 120 free and enslaved black people, and the state executed another 56, and severely punished dozens of non-slaves in the frenzy that followed the uprising. Turner’s revolt set off a new wave of oppressive legislation by whites, prohibiting the education, movement and assembly of enslaved and free blacks, alike. After his conviction, he was beheaded and flayed, to deter future rebels. His skin was used to make souvenir purses and his skeleton was used as a medical specimen. In the 1960s, there was funk-soul band Nat Turner Rebellion. Tupac Shakur had a cross tattoo on his back, "EXODUS 1831", in reference to the year Turner led the rebellion
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john.brown_typeface"You mought be rich as cream,
And drive you coach and four horse team;
But you can’t keep the World from moverin’ round,
Nor Nat Turner from gaining ground"
Berea Songs of Slavery and Emancipation Ensemble - Nat Turner (2022)
https://youtu.be/3Ne8pZCUA2E
Nat Turner
Today in Labor History, October 30, 1831: Nat Turner was arrested after leading the bloodiest slave rebellion in United States history. The rebels killed between 55 and 65 White people, but the uprising was suppressed within a few days. The militia and racist mobs, in turn, slaughtered up to 120 free and enslaved black people, and the state executed another 56. Turner managed to evade capture and survived in hiding for over 30 days, before he, too, was tried and executed.
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Liam O'Mara IV, PhDOn #ThisDayInHistory in 1831, #NatTurner was captured. After #NatTurnersRebellion in August, which killed about 60 slavers, broke down, he stayed in #SouthamptonCounty, #Virginia, perhaps because his wife was still enslaved. His uprising was the deadliest for the slaver class.
Today in Labor History October 2, 1800: Slave rebellion leader Nat Turner was born. In August, 1831, Turner led the only effective, sustained slave revolt in U.S. history. They killed over 50 people, mostly whites, but the authorities put down the rebellion after a few days. Turner survived in hiding for several months. White slave holders got together and executed over 50 slaves and severely punished dozens of non-slaves in the frenzy that followed the uprising. His actions set off a new wave of oppressive legislation by whites prohibiting the education, movement and assembly of slaves and free blacks, alike.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #slavery #NatTurner #rebellion #racism #BlackMastodon
On #ThisDayInHistory in 1831, the #slave uprising led by #NatTurner was suppressed. In three days, his band of 70+ freedom fighters killed about 60 white people. Revenge lynchings after the uprising killed almost 200 black Americans, and the South became more heavily militarized.
John AutryAugust 21, 1831 - Nat Turner, a 30-year-old man legally owned by a child, and six other slaves began a violent insurrection in Southampton County, Virginia. They began by killing the child’s stepfather, Joseph Travis, and his family. Within the next 24 hours, Turner and, ultimately, about 40 followers killed the families who owned adjacent slaveholding properties, nearly 60 whites, while freeing and inciting other slaves to join them.
Militia and federal troops were called out, and the uprising was suppressed with 55 African Americans including Turner executed by hanging in Jerusalem, Virginia, and hundreds more killed by white mobs and vigilantes in revenge.
