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Re: Nat Turner Rebellion
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Some slaves and ex-slaves liked to quote Psalm 137, which--they believed-- spoke to their condition and ended with a celebration of violent retribution:

Babylon, Babylon the destroyer,
happy is he who repays you
for what you did to us!
Happy is he who seizes your babes
and dashes them against a rock. (Revised English Bible)

Doug Deal
History/SUNY Oswego

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