Why Is Nat Turner Wrong

Nat Turner's Rebellion is known as one of most effective and bloodiest rebellions in American history. In two days there were approximately 55-65 people who were killed by the uprising of slaves. Turner hid out in a swamp area for about two months. He was found by a hunter and surrendered peacefully. This raised tensions because a slave lashing out at his owner showed that salvery needed to come to an end, or there would be more.

Fredrick Douglass had to pierce the ethnocentric bias of the population at that time. Fredrick Douglass's actions were heroic. He had the discipline not to fight back when harassed by children his age when he was young. He had the fortitude to stick with his goal. He persevered to the end. Fredrick Douglass was an inspiration not only to slaves, but also to

Frederick Douglass is termed as one of the gifted orators and an outstanding protestor (abolitionist). Abolitionists can be termed as individuals who believed that their role as Christians was to fight against the oppression that was brought about by slavery because of their faith. Protestors such as Douglass believed that active participation and crusading would help them attain freedom for slaves.

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

Frederick Douglass was born into slavery. He had a strong hatred toward slavery; not just because he was a slave, but because he thought it to be inhumane and cynical. Douglass knew from a young age that he was an abolitionist. He believed slavery was a disease that needed to be eradicated. He ran away from his slave life in Maryland and headed to New York to be with other

From the 1830s to the 1860s, the “Abolitionist Movement” began with calls to eradicate slavery. Jackson, one of the largest slavery owners in Tennessee, was against this movement, but that did not stop articles from being published, and protests from being started. William Lloyd Garrison published a anti-slavery newspaper called “The Liberator” that received mixed reviews because some people in Boston, where he was from, still approved of slavery. Nat Turner was a slave who believed he was responsible for ending slavery. He created an uprising that killed 60 white men, women, and children. Some of the white slave owners were scared that this uprising

     The Fires of Jubilee, is a well written recollection of the slave insurrection led by Nathaniel Turner. It portrays the events leading towards the civil war and the shattered myth of contented slaves in the South. The book is divided into four parts: This Infernal Spirit of Slavery, Go Sound the Jubilee, Judgment Day, and Legacy.

Nat Turner was a man with a vision that would change America forever. His vision may

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.

He had began to see more signs and he had gotten more visions from God. He interpreted them as if he need to attack his enemies with their own weapons. He had a few close trusted friends that he shared his visions with. He shared the visions with them and only them. They would also help him in his revolt. Turner and his close trusted friend met daily to come up with plans for his secret revolt. They came up with a list of about twenty other blacks to help with the revolt. He told his master about his revolt once, and because he told him, he was beaten for it.

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.

Nat Turner was the leader of this rebellion and many slaves took apart of it. They killed 55 to 65 people during this rebellion. The rebellion was stopped within more than 3 days but Turner hid for two months while the others who participated got caught. They killed 56 slaves who were involved in this rebellion. Even though some slaves didn’t participate, they also got punished.

Throughout history many heroes have had to kill or take down their oppressors. For example, in the Revolutionary War the patriots attacked the British and won a war. While it can be argued that war is never the answer to solving conflicting issues, it has always been the precedent for solving major problems, in this case, freedom from England. Perhaps, Nat Turner had heard of the patriots fight for freedom and was therefore inspired to fight for his own. Just like the patriots, Nat Turner and his gang killed many individuals. As stated from NCPedia, “Their plan was to move systematically from plantation to plantation in Southampton county and kill all white people connected to slavery, including men, women, and children...” While the argument can be made that he killed innocent individuals, it can also be argued that they were not innocent. While women and children may not had been directly partaking in the cruel acts, as their white master husbands and fathers, they would still grow up believing that the conditions of slavery were okay, and thus become the same as their fathers. By killing all individuals connected to slavery, Nat Turner showed that in order to stop a problem you must eliminate it at the root. The root being those who would grow up still believing that the slavery system was justified. Like all heroes he eliminated the problem at the source; fighting off the main villain and their collaborators. Further, Nat Turner can be considered a hero for the African American people. He showcased the American ideals of fighting for what you believe in. As noted throughout history, the white Revolutionary American Patriots were heroes for fighting for their freedom, so is it not the same for Nat Turner? He fought for what he believed in and therefore isn’t there a connection to the idea of a hero? Just because slaves were the minority does not mean that they cannot be heroes. After all the Revolutionary American Patriots were the minority as

     Nat Turner’s slave revolt may have not been the greatest way to solve the problem of slavery,