The Nat Turner Rebellion was an important event in the history of the United States. As a result of the rebellion that Nat started, the history of America is a drastically different place than it would have been. In the book The Fires of Jubilee: Nat Turner's Fierce Rebellion, Stephen B. Oates describes Nat Turner as a boy, as a man, and the effect of his death on society around him. In his life, he witnessed numerous horrendous acts which prompted him to commit the similar upon his oppressors. Although, what Nat did may have seemed just to him, violence cannot be assuaged with violence so his actions and the actions that he ordered to be taken out were not justified.
In retrospection of the rebellion that was led by Nat Turner and the facts presented with it, one may say that the rebellion was morally defensible. In the countless years that African Americans were oppressed before and during Nat's life, an immeasurable amount had been murdered or brutally tortured. Nat was also a part of this vicious cycle. As a child he had been told that because of his intelligence, he would be spared as a slave. However, Nat's then current master died and was put into slavery by Samuel Turner, his old master's son. After years of working for in the field for nothing other than food, clothing, and shelter he was yet again sold to another master after Samuel died of "some unknown affliction". Within this though, he was separated from his wife as each of them had to work on separate plantations. This of course caused him much personal angst. Nat was sold to a man called Thomas Moore, who worked in the fields along side the slaves. The rebellion itself was morally just for reasons other than personal to Nat also, it was for god. Nat believed that he had the gift of being able to speak to god and that he was chosen. He also believed that he had special gifts, such being able to heal people with his hands.
Nat Turner was born in South Hampton, Virginia on October 2, 1800. ... Nat grew up sharing his mother's view of slavery. ... In 1831 Turner was sold to Joseph Travis. ... Nat Turner was executed on the 11th of November, 1831. Thomas Gray met Nat Turner in prison and recorded his account of the slave rebellion in August, 1831. ...
Nat Turner was a slave on Samuel Turner's farm and mill. ... Nat believed himself to part of the Turner family. ... One of the goals Nat Turner was striving for was freedom. ... How do you explain the failure of Nat Turner's rebellion? ... I believe Nat Turner got what he deserved hung. ...
Oates book "The Fires of Jubilee: Nat Turner's Fierce Rebellion", religion plays a significant role in the ignition of Nat's rebellion. ... "So their own Negroes might be saved, the Turner's held prayer services on their farm and took the blacks to Sunday chapel" which also denotes how the Turner's felt about religion" (10). ... Eventually this led to meetings behind the Turner's meeting house or by a church close to the North Carolina line. ... All of this began Nat Turner's Fierce Rebellion and "he related carefully now how his visions, miracles, and revelation...
Therefore I would not consider Nat Turner a hero. ... Nat and his group of rebels were way too ruthless with the way they killed people. ... I feel that what Nat did was very selfish. ... Nat's life wasn't very bad for a slave before the revolt either. ... I do not believe Nat Turner was a hero. ...
Nat Turner, born October 2, 1800, died August 1831. November 1st the date of the confession of Nat Turner. Nat Turner was the property of Benjamin Turner, slave owner. During the confession that Nat Turner gave of his free will he spoke about situation that occurred before he was born. ... This confession showed me another side of Nat Turner that I never knew he had, but it also showed me that people today are studying and reading the Bible today and doing just about the same thing that Nat Turner had did even today. ...
Nat Turner, born October 2, 1800, died August 1831. November 1st the date of the confession of Nat Turner. Nat Turner was the property of Benjamin Turner, slave owner. During the confession that Nat Turner gave of his free will he spoke about situation that occurred before he was born. ... This confession showed me another side of Nat Turner that I never knew he had, but it also showed me that people today are studying and reading the Bible today and doing just about the same thing that Nat Turner had did even today. ...
I have chosen the "Confessions of Nat Turner". ... Nat was born a slave. ... Then one day Nat ran away. ... Turner himself describes his motivation, objectives and mental state of his actions. ... 1 In my eyes, Nat Turner was a very brave person. ...
Nat Turner was born into slavery October 2nd, 1800 on a plantation in Southampton County, Virginia. ... August 21st, 1831 Nat Turner led a violent insurrection. ... The killing of Nat Turner resulted in even harsher laws against slaves and the end of the emancipation movement in the region. ... Nat turner went from being the owner on Samuel Turner to Thomas Moore onto his widow and then finally John Travis, where he worked on his lands. ... He was also the subject of William Styron's 1967 Pulitzer Prize- winning novel Confessions of Nat Turner. ...
