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    “Just watch me” are the defiant words uttered by Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau in response to the Front de liberation du Quebec (FLQ), a Marxist group captaining Quebec independence through indiscriminate political violence. His words are not those of an iron-fisted strongman, despite how strong and undetailed his comments were at the time, but those of a calculated and well-versed leader, whose decisions came at the behest of prominent Quebec politicians. The FLQ instilled a decade

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    The activities of Nat Turner and John Brown were as legitimate, if not more so, than the actions taken by the self-proclaimed ‘Sons of Liberty’ to break ties with Great Britain. The American Revolution was founded in the transformation of ideas taken from the Enlightenment philosophers based on equality in self-governing. The colonists wanted to break from a country that not only protected them but supplied them with necessities through trade. These people never lost their freedom to move or to work

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    It was May 26th 1994 in Miramachi New Brunswick, when three year old John Ryan Turner died in his home. The Military family were currently based in CFB Chatham. John Ryan had been held prisioner in his bedroom bound by a leather harness and gagged with socks. His body weighed only 20lbs. His body covered in cuts, bruises and sores. The child suffered broken bones that healed uncorrectly, having had no medical attention. Many who viewed pictures of the child claimed he resembled a nazi concentration

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    John Brown was very similar to Nat Turner they both believed that they were chosen by god to lead slaves into freedom and if that required a fight then that was what they had to do. John Brown had a goal and that was to abolish slavery throughout the united states. The trouble in Kansas began when the Nebraska Act was signed by President Pierce, this act engaged that people make a determination on whether Kansas territory should be free or slave. In hopes that Kansas would become free of slaves,

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    Nat Turner's Rebellion

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    Nat Turner’s Rebellion Questions and Answers 1. Who was supposed to spill the first blood? Nat Turner 2. When and where did the revolt begin? Sunday, August 21, 1831 in Southampton, Virginia 3. What area led Virginia in cotton production in 1840? What might this imply about the slave population in this area in between 1830-1840? Southampton It increased 4. How old was Nat Turner? 30 5. Describe Turner’s unusual upbringing. Taught to read by his white parents Spent much time

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    Declaration of Independence in 1776. But, in the mid 1800s the discussions of slavery was slowly becoming too extrusive to ignore. The Nat Turner revolt was one of the most talked about slave rebellions in the United States. Killing around 60 white men and children, with the intent of killing more, Turner and 75 other slaves were cut short on August 23,1831, (Klein). Turner himself fled the scene and was in hiding for 2 months, but the other slaves involved were about to face severe consequences. Around

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    with a thorough biography of Turner. He makes a real effort to show what lead a man to commit the actions he did. Nat was born on October 17, 1800 in Southampton County, Virginia. His mother Nancy was brought to America in 1795. The man who purchased her was Benjamin Turner, a wealthy tidewater planter. Nancy married a slave whose name

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    One primary source document that shows how Nat Turners rebellion instilled fear into the white population was a letter written from Governor John Floyd of Virginia to Governor James Hamilton of South Carolina on November 19, 1831. This document discusses how Governor Floyd believes preachers were a leading factor that lead to the Nat Turner slave rebellion because they used religion to encourage African Americans to resist slavery. In this letter Governor Floyd states, “They began first, by making

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    Cameron Addie Nathan Singer English 291-011 30 April 2015 Evaluating a Scholarly Source I am going to evaluate the scholarly paper that Northern Kentucky’s own professor Jonathan S. Cullick has written about the book called The Turner Diaries written by William Luther Pierce. To summaries Cullick’s written work. He has a complaint about this book being called a work of fiction, not because it is a super racist and anti-government book, but he is saying that the book cannot be called fiction, because

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