Nat Love the youngest of 3 siblings is the son of Shampson love, he was born June 1854 on a slave plantation owned by Robert Love in Tennessee. Nat’s father worked as a foreman on the plantation while his mother worked in the kitchen of the “big house”. Nat was raised primarily by his older sister when he was younger, but she too worked in the kitchen of the house, so Nat began to look after himself more and more often. Although he had not had any formal education or schooling Love learned to read and write by the assistance of his father. He is known as one of the first black cowboys to receive recognition for his achievements. After the emancipation proclamation was passed and the slaves were freed, Nat’s father became a sharecropper on the land of his former slave owner. Then suddenly his father passed away and he became the new sole provider for his family. He was able to obtain many jobs on various plantations where he showed exceptional skills in breaking horses. Then in 1869, at the age of 15, looking well beyond his years, Nat left his family in the care of an uncle and headed west with …show more content…
And while the west was by no means racist free it did offer many freedoms that at the time the south just did not. One of those freedoms was having the right to carry a firearm. Where back in the south that was not permitted by African Americans. Also the south was using the newly passed black codes which in my opinion were slavery in every way but the name. Cowboys and African American troops in the west were given more freedoms because most of the west did not function under black codes. Blacks were allowed to eat and be served in establishments that in the south blacks were excluded from. In fact the black soldier and cowboys were being served over Mexicans and Native American costumers at the
Nat became very distant form the other slaves; it was like he was in another world. He fasted religiously and became well aquatinted with the spirits, and also claimed that they showed him visions in the sky. Nat began to read the Bible in depth and discovered the mockery that the whites made of it, while in reality the Bible was against human bondage. Nat had more visions as time went by such as the drops of blood on the corn. He finally got his vision after his sign from the eclipse. Eager and ready, Nat gathered a group of trusted fellow slaves and began to plot his insurrection.
Nat thought that he should use his intelligence and the respect he was given when he was a kid to start a rebellion against slavery. He said the God had shown him visions and he was the chosen one to stop slavery (Oates, 2009).
When Nat Love was 15 years old, he left his masters plantation and headed for Kansas. In Dodge City, Kansas, he learned that it was a great cattle center and he grew an interest for it and decided that he was going to try it out. The significance of this was that in the south, he would not of had this opportunity. In the south he would be a slave with no options but in the west he was free.
Frederick Douglass was born as a slave in Baltimore in 1818. He was raised by his grandparents after separated from his mother when he was only a few
Nat was born on October 2, 1800 in Southampton County, Virginia on a plantation. Nat was deeply connected to his faith Christianity and believed that he had received messages from God through dreams, visions, and signs in nature. During his early 20’s, those visions leaded him to his master after an escape attempt. As this was going on a solar eclipse and unusual atmospheres are believed to inspire his hanging, which was on August 21, 1831 the day of his death.
First, his father ran away to the North, leaving Nat and Nancy still in slavery. After escaping he was
Blacks couldn't do about anything in the north. So they weren't allowed to work at certain jobs, eat at places whites ate at or even use the same restroom. They may have been free but they still had to be careful on what they do, just because the north is free doesn't mean all whites still agree with it. Lots of time blacks were kicked out of areas because of the whites not liking them. Free blacks in the north had very limited freedoms.
Meanwhile, in the south, Free blacks were still at risk and lived under the shadow of slavery.Free blacks were at risk of being captured and sold as a slave to wealthy plantation owners. Their
On October 2, 1800 Nat Turner was born in Southampton, in the small town of Jerusalem in Virginia. Turner’s mother was one of hundreds of thousands native Africans enslaved and sent to North America around 1807-1808. While most of the Africans Americans during this time came from West Africa, Turner was supposedly from the
In 1821, Nat had decided to run away from his master and to live as a fugitive. While on the run, he met his future wife, Cherry, who was also a slave that was working on the Turner's farm. As time went by, after 30 days has passed Nat had returned to the plantation on his own freewill. Because of his return "Nat said, "the reason of my return was, that the Spirit appeared to me and said I had wishes directed to the things of this world, and not to the Kingdom of Heaven, and that I should return to the service of my earthly master" " (Goldman 60). With his return, Nat went unpunished and was returned to his daily work.
Nat Turner was an African American slave who was born in Southampton County, Virginia on October 2, 1800. He started working on southern plantations 1831. When he was younger, everyone thought of him as being very smart. They saw that he was smart when he was about 3 or 4 years old. While young Nat Turner was playing with some of his friends, his mother heard him tell the children about something that had happened to him when he was born. She later had asked him about what he told the children. She asked him details about the incident, and it confirmed that he knew about this past event. From that time on, other slaves believed that in addition to his unique view, his physical markings were a sign that he would be a prophet.
Racial conflict in the West was much less confrontational. The West was strictly focused on expansion, the railroad, business, and economic growth. African Americans had much more freedom when it came to segregation. “African-Americans in the South were not able to vote and by the time they were allowed to vote poll taxes were implemented. In the West, African Americans did not have any restrictions on voting. They
Solomon Northup was born free, in Minerva, New York in 1808. Northup became known in his community as an exceptional fiddle player. When two men approached Northup and offered him good wages to go to Washington DC, to play in a travelling music show, he quickly accepted. Solomon Northup was drugged, kidnapped, captured, and sold into slavery. He served for many masters; some were violent and cruel while others treated him humanely. Solomon Northup experienced shear torture, cruelty, and the loss of his dignity, throughout his many years as a slave. After many years, he came in contact with an abolitionist, who sent letters to Northup’s family to notify them of his life and status. He was soon rescued from Louisiana and freed as a slave.
Solomon Northup was born a freeman in New York in 1808 (3). His father, who had been a slave until his owner death had granted him his freedom in his, wills (5). In 1829, Northup married Anne Hampton and worked as a laborer in Hartford (6). However, Solomon was captured after being tricked by slave traders to work
Certainly, freedom was supposed to be “freer”” for those slaves that had fought for their rights after years of submissionn, but, unfortunately, many white Southern people continued to ignore the law by not showing any respect for Africans-Americans. Because of the radical reconstruction in the south, the African-Americans were a step closer from the same political