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Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

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Discovery of Nat Turner, wood engraving
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Discovery of Nat Turner, wood engraving.

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See how the story of Nat Turner and his slave rebellion has been continuously retold and reinterpreted –from the 1831 The Confessions of Nat Turner and William Styron’s 1967 novel of the same name.