Stephen B. Oates

right to the average person but to Nat Turner, he was on Earth to realize his vision. Nat Turner is the most famous and most controversial slave rebel in American history, and he remains a storm center of dispute("Fires of Jubilee" author Stephen B. Oates). Nat Turner's slave revolt may have not been the greatest way to solve the problem of slavery, but it did open many people's eyes. Slavery was an accepted practice in society but it was not a humane or kind thing. The

right to the average person but to Nat Turner, he was on Earth to realize his vision. Nat Turner is the most famous and most controversial slave rebel in American history, and he remains a storm center of dispute("Fires of Jubilee" author Stephen B. Oates).      Nat Turner’s slave revolt may have not been the greatest way to solve the problem of slavery, but it did open many people's eyes. Slavery was an accepted practice in society but it was not a humane or kind thing. The cruel and unjust

Nat Turner Courage to fight Nat Turner, once was a slave during the 1800’s that was known for his ideals that would change our country for an eternity. His ideas and beliefs may have sounded unusual or even crazy to everyone during his time, however, to Turner, he was in this world to do something great and life changing for his people. Nat Turner to my option is one of the most well-known and slave rebel in our history, and to this day, his actions are still remains a focus of disagreement. Although

care about what they had to say. John Brown on the other hand was white, more people would follow in his footsteps. Racism was huge during this time, it made a big difference when a white person would decide to fight against it. According to Stephen B. Oates, To Purge this Land With Blood: A biography of John Brown, “ He thought himself an instrument in the hands of God.” Basically John Brown believed he could help God get rid of evil, evil in this case being slavery. John wanted slavery to end,

Throughout all the great civil rights leaders, I personally believe that Martin Luther King was the greatest of them all. What king achieved during the little over a decade that he worked in civil rights was remarkable. "There are few men of whom it can be said their lives changed the world" from wikipedia. Using Mohanda Gandhi's philosophy of nonviolence King gained the power of many citizens respect which lead him in success in, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Birmingham Protest March, and breaking

George Wunderlich once stated, “The American Civil War often gets credit for ending slavery and reshaping the federal government in this country. But the war between the states has another, often overlooked legacy: It may have started a new era in modern medicine” (“Civil War Medicine Quotes”). Contamination of medical equipment, poor sanitation methods, and lack of efficient medical procedures all led to the spread of disease, which resulted in death. However, modern medicine has significantly improved

during the American Civil War, and for going on to establish the American Red Cross. (Clara Barton; Clara Barton) Clarissa Harlowe Barton was born in Massachusetts on December 25, 1821. Barton was the youngest of 5 siblings born to Sarah Stone and Stephen Barton. Barton was raised on a small

arrested King along with thirty-five other participants for trespassing charges due to them refusing to leave a whites-only area. The charges against King later were dropped due to him having to face consequences for driving with an invalid license (Oates 159). As King Jr. had started to be seen in the public more often, everyone around him had started to see his heroic characteristics show more and more as each day

Abraham Lincoln is best known for being the sixteenth president of the United States. He is one of the great heroes of the United States because of the role he played as the savior of the Union during the Civil War. Not only did he lead the Union, but he also emancipated the slaves of the country. During this war, he freed all slaves and gave them the same rights as any other citizen. Unfortunately, shortly after the battle, John Wilkes Booth assassinated him. The beliefs and morals he had formed

Henry Wise, governor of Virginia is faced with an impossible choice. Now that the courts have condemned John Brown to death for his charges of” “treason, murder and inciting a slave insurrection,” (Davidson 148) he is torn between condemning the violence, granting a pardon to prevent more violence, or thirdly, granting a pardon on the account of his insanity. Many citizens of Virginia feared that Mr Brown was a precursor to the imminent onslaught of northern abolitionist “fanatics” and threatened