"Having soon discovered to be great, I must appear so, and therefore studiously avoided mixing in society, and wrapped myself in mystery, devoting my time to fasting and prayer. Fasting diet"
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Nat Turner
Nat Turner (2 October 1800 – 11 November 1831) was an enslaved African man who led a 1831 rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia.
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