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Classroom | Nat Turner Rebellion

Learn about the Nat Turner Rebellion, and how it affected Southern slaveholders.

Classroom | Nat Turner Rebellion The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross

Premiered October 29, 2013
Classroom | Nat Turner Rebellion

Learn about the Nat Turner Rebellion, and how it affected Southern slaveholders. This video is an excerpt from Episode Two, The Age of Slavery, from the series The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

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The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross

This series chronicles the full sweep of African American history, from the origins of slavery on the African continent right up to today when America remains a nation deeply divided by race.

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