November the 11th is a sad day in Black History. Nat Turner was hanged, beheaded, skinned, then chopped up. Body parts scattered and no burial.
His crime? Plotting a revolt to free his people from the cruel hands of slavery.
While history books might vilify Turner for the 60 white men women and children that were killed by him and his army of black soldiers, lets not forget the hundreds of innocent enslaved blacks that were slaughtered in retaliation, and the millions who had been killed before Turners revolt...and he ones still being killed everyday to this day!
What if Turner had been successful?
Why are there no monuments in his honor?
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nat-turner-executed-in-virginia
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