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An extraordinary historical collaboration sees Nat Turner's slave rebellion in a prophetic light

A view of Cabin Pond in Southampton County, Va., where Nat Turner plotted rebellion in the summer of 1831. (Andrew Lichtenstein / Corbis via Getty Images) Nat Turner, the most famous slave rebel in ...
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New historical marker recognizes development of the Jonathan Street community

Washington County has more historical markers than most, and last week got one more. But this one, many might say, was overdue. The Maryland Department of Transportation joined the Hagerstown ...
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‘Nat Turner, Black Prophet’ places the iconic Black rebel in his religious context

In August 1831, on the edge of the Dismal Swamp, the Mid-Atlantic coastal region where the states of Virginia and North Carolina meet, Nat Turner entered the pantheon of American charismatic heroes.
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Nat Turner’s Slave Rebellion Portrayed in Striking Artwork at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture

“The Grim Work of Death” by Christopher Myers. Collection of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. Copyright Christopher ...
Los Angeles Times

An extraordinary historical collaboration sees Nat Turner’s slave rebellion in a prophetic light

Nat Turner, the most famous slave rebel in American history, has always been a mysterious, troubling and important figure. In both history and in popular memory, few names in the long American ...