On this day in 1831, Nat Turner, a slave preacher in Southampton County, Virginia, began a slave insurrection in which a group of slaves went house to house in the area, liberating the enslaved and killing their masters.

Turner (1800 - 1831) was born and raised in Southampton County, Virginia, an area where black people outnumbered whites. He learned how to read and write at a young age and was deeply religious, eventually becoming an influential preacher in the area.

In early 1831, on the basis of religious visions, Nat Turner began preparing a slave insurrection. The rebellion began on this day in 1831, and rebels traveled from house to house, freeing slaves and killing many of the white people that they encountered.

At least 55 white people were killed, and the slaves killed men, women, and children. The group spared a few homes "because Turner believed the poor white inhabitants 'thought no better of themselves than they did of negroes'".

The rebellion was put down by a combined force of local militia and three companies of artillery. The state executed 56 black people, and militias killed at least 100 more, some of whom were not involved in the rebellion.

Turner went on the run, eluding capture for six weeks. On October 30th, 1831, a white farmer discovered him hidden among the local Nottoway people in a depression in the earth, created by a large, fallen tree that was covered with fence rails. After being tried and convicted for "conspiring to rebel and making insurrection", he was asked if he regretted what he had done. Turner responded "Was Christ not crucified?"

He was hanged on November 11th, 1831. After his death, state legislatures passed new laws prohibiting education of slaves and free black people, restricting rights of assembly and other civil liberties for free black people, and requiring white ministers to be present at all worship services.

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A cubical box contains 27 congruent large balls; its twin contains 63 congruent smaller balls. All the balls are made of the same material.

Both boxes are filled to the top. In each box, each layer has the same number of balls, and the outside balls of each layer touch the sides.

Which box is heavier?

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