The Top Three Myths Told About Nat Turner
Black History Year
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🗓️ 26 January 2023
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When he arrived at the last victim's house, he let her pray before shooting her dead. Please believe Nat Turner was about that life because he was about his people! But these lies? Don’t believe them. They’re whitewashed fantasies.
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| 0:00.0 | When he arrived at the last victim's house, he let her pray before shooting her dead. |
| 0:11.3 | Please believe Nat Turner was about that life because he was about his people. |
| 0:16.8 | But these lies don't believe them. |
| 0:20.9 | They're whitewashed fanaties. |
| 0:24.0 | This is two minute black history, what you didn't learn in school. |
| 0:32.6 | Nat Turner was about that life. |
| 0:35.6 | Never believe these lies white historians love telling about the man who risked everything |
| 0:41.5 | for black liberation. |
| 0:44.0 | Lie number one. |
| 0:45.8 | He was just a preacher. |
| 0:48.0 | Nat Turner was a preaching man, but he didn't stop at sermons and prayer. |
| 0:53.6 | He let his faith inspire him every step of the way, including the last moments of his |
| 0:59.3 | rebellion. |
| 1:00.8 | Turner believed the spirit spoke to him and that a solar eclipse he spotted was a sign |
| 1:06.5 | from God to help liberate his people. |
| 1:10.4 | Lie number two. |
| 1:12.3 | He was the soul mastermind. |
| 1:15.0 | He wanted badly to liberate the enslaved people of South Hampton County, but he knew |
| 1:19.9 | he couldn't do it alone. |
| 1:21.9 | Though Turner led the rebellion, it was a collective effort to fight for the duration. |
| 1:27.7 | Many of the followers he recruited helped kill over 50 enslavers and their families. |
| 1:34.5 | Lie number three. |
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