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Where was William Styron born?
William Styron was born in the Hilton Village historic district of Newport News, Virginia, the son of Pauline Margaret and William Clark Styron.
What was significant about William Styron's childhood?
William Styron's birthplace was less than a hundred miles from the site of Nat Turner’s slave rebellion, later the source for Styron's most famous and controversial novel.

Question: Was Styron a slave owner?
Self-contained rewrite: Was William Styron a slave owner?