Nat's "abilities" made Nat believe that he was chosen to liberate the slaves that were being held captive by the whites, and that it was the slave's duty to overthrow the whites just as god had spoken to Ezekiel. The "god given" right of life, liberty, and property was being infringed on and that was unacceptable. .
Given Nat's experience and the experience of other slaves around him, it can be argued that his actions were in some ways morally indefensible. Although the lives of the millions of Africans lost due to slavery and slave trade is nothing compared to the 70 whites lost in the rebellion that Nat Turner initiated and led, human life cannot be compared. What right does a man have to take another man's life? Nat's right hand man (Will) along with twenty other slaves butchered and beheaded children, women, and old people without discrimination. Nat had the god given gift of intelligence and was very good at oratory. If he were to put as much time studying politics as he did studying religion Nat Turner would probably have been able to do much more positive things for the African American community than teaching them to revolt and kill people. The brutal slaying of children and women is unjust to them, as they had done nothing at all to provoke the slaves that murdered them. In one passage Stephen B. Oates narrates that "slave horsemen" mowed down school children, decapitating several then piling them into a bloody heap where they would rot. It is scenes like this one that persuade the reader that brutality is not the answer to brutality. The merciless killing of anyone or anything is not something to be taken lightly, whether it by a black or a white, but the repercussions of it cannot be more killing. The actions that must be taken include punishment, but possibly imprisonment rather than death.
The Nat Turner rebellion had great historical significance throughout the south and the north.
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. ...
