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How Slave Rebellion Leader Nat Turner Spent His Last Night

History Lesson

In the New York Theatre Workshop play ‘Nat Turner in Jerusalem,’ the leader of the 1831 slave rebellion faces a long, dark night of the soul before his execution.

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