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Part of the Politics series on 3.1.1 Mexican Army. . Congress's "power of the purse" authorizes taxing citizens spending money and printing currency In 1831 Nat Turner a literate slave who claimed to have spiritual visions organized a slave rebellion in Southampton County Virginia; it was sometimes called the Southampton Insurrection Turner and his followers killed nearly 60 white inhabitants mostly women and children Many of the men in the area were attending a religious event in North Carolina. Eventually Turner was captured with 17 other rebels who were subdued by the militia. Turner and his followers were hanged and Turner's body was flayed In a frenzy of fear and retaliation the militia killed more than 100 slaves who had not been involved in the rebellion Planters whipped hundreds of innocent slaves to ensure resistance was quelled. .

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