Question

Those who ate too much salt are unable to fly away in the aftermath of one of these events, like Uncle Bango’s ancestor did with two corn cobs tucked beneath his arms, in Salt by Earl Lovelace. In a different novel, Lilith is wary of the title “Night Women” planning one of these events. A “Lord of Poison” plans one of these events to start with the sounds of blown conch shells. Monsieur Lenormand de Mezy hides in a well during one of these events in a novel whose influential prologue describes a (15[1])(*) “real maravilloso.” The role of Macandal in one of these events differs through depictions (10[1])in The Kingdom of This World by Alejo Carpentier (10[1])and C. L. R. James’s The Black Jacobins. For 10 points, a fictional narrative of what type of event is central to William Styron’s novel The Confessions of Nat Turner? ■END■

ANSWER: slave revolt [or slave rebellion, slave uprising, slave revolution, slave insurrection, or equivalents; accept the Haitian Revolution] (The second sentence refers to The Book of Night Women by Marlon James.)
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Justine FrenchU[C]SDJason et al.9215
Will AlstonSGV VenturesAnderson et al.10610
Kevin ParkClaremontALCU11510

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2024 ARCADIA at Claremont2024-11-02Y3100%33%0%104.33
2024 ARCADIA at Waterloo2024-11-09Y6100%33%17%99.33
2024 ARCADIA at Illinois2024-11-09Y475%0%50%141.67