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From Nat Turner, whose 1831 revolt sent shivers down the spines of enslavers who never anticipated the degree of success he’d inspire; to Joseph Cinqué, whom Garnet lauded for his rebellion as an enslaved man against the Spanish aboard the ship La Amistad; to Madison Washington, whose rebellion aboard the ship Creole just two years prior resulted in the liberation of 128 enslaved people and catalyzed heated debates between the United States and Great Britain over diplomacy and slavery; to Denmark Veazie (Vesey), whose execution was triggered by his decision to spark a rebellion in Charleston in 1822; to even McCabe’s eventual nicknamesake, Moses—Garnet called upon these abolitionists from different eras and told the crowd, “Brethren, arise, arise! Strike for your lives and liberties.
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