The Fires Of Jubilee: Nat Turner's Fierce Rebellion by Stephen B. Oates

First of all, both Frederick Douglass and Nat Turner has a lot of similarities. Both were well-educated slaves, and education helped them to be different from other slaves. In fact, while learning to read and write, Douglass understood his real life of being a slave because he could develop his imagination and interpret what was happening around him. For example, at the end of the chapter two of his book “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, Written by Himself”, Douglass mentioned the slave song that he sang with other slaves when they were going to the Great House Farm which is the Colonel Lloyd’s plantation. When Douglass was a slave, he could not understand the real meaning of the song; however, when he grew up

The life of Frederick Douglass was as horrible and miserable as any other slave. However, since bravery was his most dominant trait Frederick’s life became the life of a hero. Born into slavery on the year of 1818, Frederick never really got to know his family and was separated at birth. Growing up, he knew that blacks like him were not supposed to be educated, or treated as well as the whites. This compelled Frederick even

In The Fires of Jubilee Nat Turner's Fierce Rebellion: Stephen Oates gives an account of the brief but deadly slave revolt in and around Southampton, Virginia. His controlling theme is that of religion and the profound influence that it had on the development of Nat Turner's charismatic persona and his rationale for engaging in a project of deliberate murder of people who had at least in the context of slavery as a given of Turner's experience, treated him quite decently. The effects of Nat Turner's rebellion were profound. The insurrection of Nat Turner was inspiration for all slaves, even if just 60 whites were killed to the 140 blacks. I am

With this newly acquired knowledge, he began preaching the Old Testament to the other slaves, about what freedom meant and how they should fight for it. He mainly preached to a group of five other slaves, with the addition of two more later on about the concept of freedom. Nat felt as if he was driven into some corner of slavery from which there was no return, only his imagination was he free. He had a burning rage to fight against the Serpent, and slay the enemy with their own weapon.

     The story takes place in Southampton County, Virginia where little Nat Turner is introduced. Nat led a normal childhood for the most part, supervised by his beloved grandmother. They were working as slaves on a plantation owned by Benjamin and Elizabeth Turner. The Turners became Methodists due to the emphasis on free will and salvation. The

Nat Turner is the most famous and most controversial slave rebel in American history, and he

The book educates readers on the difficult life slaves had in America during the 1800’s and the life of Nat Turner and the rebellion he lead. The book focuses on Nat’s life and the adversities as well as challenges slaves had to go through to survive. The psychological effects slaves had for the fault of the system they were unjustly born into or put in, affected their decision making every day; either by making them obey their masters or fight for their freedom and die, rather than continue living as a slave. In the case of Nat Turner, life as a slave caused him to lead a rebellion whose sole purpose was to kill all of the white people who lived in Southampton County, Virginia, and its surrounding areas. Unfortunately, Nat’s rebellion is what caused his death.

The message about a rebellion spread to the slaves in Southampton and small revolts followed. On August 1831 Nat led a group of armed slaves in the middle of the night and went round the homes of the whites killing them and living the bodies behind. They did this for two days but Nat killed nobody because of his Christian belief, but he thought that he was sent by God to free the slaves from bondage (Oates, 2009). The slaves had been mistreated for many years so they killed even women and children.

The Birth of a Nation is a dramatized biopic of Nat Turner who led the slaves of Virginia into a rebellion known as Nat Turner’s Rebellion in 1831. The movie opens with Nat Turner’s father running away from the plantation after being caught by slave catchers gathering food for his family outside of the premise. The slave catchers come to the plantation and berate the Turner family regarding the whereabouts of the man, yet no one folds to reveal he has run away. Moments later in the film, the white plantation owners discover that Nat can read. They take him into their household to further develop his literary skills, and he begins to learn how to preach. The head of the plantation passes away, and Nat Turner is forced back into the reality of slavery as he gets put in the cotton fields. With rumors of insurrection flying around town and the plantation revenue declining, Nat Turner is hired out by his financially unstable master

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.

In book, “The Fires of Jubilee Nat Turner’s Fierce Rebellion” by Stephen B. Oates’ telling of the slave rebellion that happened in Virginia during 1831. In the book, it recalls the events of Nat Turner, a talented and gifted black slave who single handedly assembled many indentured servants and slaves into a bloody rebellion against their own masters for their own freedom . Oates deeply analyzes the events that had led to the revolt in the South from the eyes of Turner. Oates also records the life and struggles of Turner, among other slaves, and their deep desire to be free. “The Fires of Jubilee” attempts to demonstrate how the impact of the rebellion in Virginia had increased tensions among slaves contributing to the civil war that occurred

What was the importance of Nat Turner and where does he stand in American history? Nat Turner is an American slave, who has been forgotten about in history as well in the hearts of African-Americans. He led and organized one of the bloodiest slave rebellions in American history. This rebellion was "…the rebellion that served to change the course of American history in the three decades before the Civil War" (Goldman 10). Within this paper, it is to analyze on his impact on the nation.

Christianity was new to most slaves who had been abducted from their native country and taken to the Americas. Some were hesitant to abandon their old traditions for the Christ their white captors taught of, but after several generations of slavery, most black slaves had succumbed to relentless preaching. However, the Christianity that took hold within the slave community was often interpreted differently, conveying different messages to pockets of slave population. The use of Christianity in slavery was a double edged sword, creating not only a tool for control, but a weapon of discontent in slave communities. Examining the works of Richard Allen and the stories of Nat Turner, create a narrative of how Christianity was applied differently to slaves.

Nat Turner was a slave from Virginia who considered himself to be a prophet. Believing that he was chosen by God, he led a small group of 60 slave (he met through the church) in 1831 to carry out a violent rebellion that lasted for 24 hours. They were responsible for the killing of white families to include men, women and children. His actions spread fear across the south until his hanging approximately two months after the revolt. While there were sympathy for the white families that were killed during the rebellion, No one sympathize with the approximately 200 African Americans that were beaten or killed, most of which were innocent.

Nat Turner is the most famous and most controversial slave rebel in American history, and he