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Abstract:
This article looks at the presentation of the Nat Turner Insurrection in 1831, as well as subsequent developments that followed within North Carolina, by the North Carolina newspapers the \"Star,\" \"Raleigh Register,\" \"North Carolina State Gazette,\" and the \"Carolina Observer.\" Details on how these papers' editors labored to get news in general as well as analysis of the coverage of the events are included.
Abstract:
This article examines the circumstances surrounding the slave revolt led by Virginia slave Nat Turner on August 21, 1831, with a particular focus on North Carolinians' reactions to the revolt and the chaos that spread in the days and weeks following the event.