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Run, Nigger, Run
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"Run, Nigger, Run" is a folk song first documented in 1851. It is known from numerous versions. Responding to the rise of slave patrols in the slave-owning southern United States, the song is about an
Lyrics from the White's Serenaders' Song Book version (1851). Note the reference to "Mr. Bones", one of the standard minstrel roles.
Lyrics from the White's Serenaders' Song Book version (1851). Note the reference to "Mr. Bones", one of the standard minstrel roles.
Nat Turner
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Nat Turner was an enslaved Black carpenter and preacher who led a four-day rebellion of both slave and free Black people in Southampton County, Virginia, in August 1831.
Run, Nigger, Run
…masters' plantations without a pass, for fear that they would rise against their white owners; such uprisings had occurred before, such as the one led by Nat Turner in 1831. However, it remained common for slaves to slip away from the plantations to visit friends elsewhere. If caught, running from the slave patrols…
Discovery of Nat Turner by William Henry Shelton
Discovery of Nat Turner by William Henry Shelton
An illustration of rebellion from 1831
An illustration of rebellion from 1831
Title page of The Confessions of Nat Turner
Title page of The Confessions of Nat Turner