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“I am here loaded with chains, and willing to suffer the fate that awaits me.”

As reported by Thomas R. Gray · The Confessions of Nat Turner (1831), p. 18

Context The end of his account to Gray after his capture on 30 October 1831; he was tried on 5 November and hanged on 11 November.

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Nat TurnerUnited States · 1800–1831
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