🩸 The Glitched Gavel S01E13: The Commonwealth vs. The Prophet (Nat Turner's Rebellion: Confession and Trials)

Gavel (The Narrator/Prosecutor): "Southampton County, Virginia, 1831. A summer of terror. Nat Turner, an enslaved preacher who believed he received divine visions, led a bloody, two-day revolt that resulted in the deaths of approximately 60 white men, women, and children. The inevitable reaction was swift, brutal, and utterly without mercy. This week, we analyze the only record of the trial and Turner's own chilling confession." (The rapid, discordant sound of axes hitting wood is heard, overlaid with a static pulse.)

Static (The Analyst/Defense): "The court proceedings were less a trial and more a formality before execution. The legal system in Virginia offer ...