How Did Nat Turner Rebel
Nat Turner Taking a Stand Against Slavery. Nat Turner was a preacher that pushes many slaves to rebel against their masters. Due to Nat Turner’s religion, belief, Nat Turner felt capable to lead a troop of slaves that resulted in a total failure, but he took a stand against oppression for the cause of abolition.
One of the most pernicious allegations made against the African-American people was that our slave ancestors were either exceptionally docile, content, or loyal, thus, explaining their purposed to failure to rebel extensively. One example is Nat Turner, he became a preacher who claimed he had been chosen by God to lead a slave from bondage. On August 21, 1831, he led a violent insurrection. he made a troop of slaves that held, at least for six weeks. His rebellion left approximately 55-65 but Nat Turner failed to end slavery and he was eventually caught and later hanged. Although he inspired to the rest of Africans Americans to have the same vision as Nat Turner to fight for their freedom, values, and natural rights of a human. Black slaves were demanded by the whites and looked for young blacks of both sexes from 12 to 25. Additionally, Nathaniel was sold 3 times in his …show more content…
Three years later, Nat Turner had another vision. He saw lights in the sky and prayed to find out what they meant. Then, while he was laboring in the field, he discovered drops of blood on the corn, as though it were dew from heaven, and he communicated it to many, both white and black, inthe neighborhood; and then he found on the leaves in the woods hieroglyphic characters and numbers, with the forms of men in different attitudes, portrayed in blood, and representing the figures he had seen before in the
One of the most pernicious allegations made against the African-American people was that our slave ancestors were either exceptionally docile, content, or loyal, thus, explaining their purposed to failure to rebel extensively. One example is Nat Turner, he became a preacher who claimed he had been chosen by God to lead a slave from bondage. On August 21, 1831, he led a violent insurrection. he made a troop of slaves that held, at least for six weeks. His rebellion left approximately 55-65 but Nat Turner failed to end slavery and he was eventually caught and later hanged. Although he inspired to the rest of Africans Americans to have the same vision as Nat Turner to fight for their freedom, values, and natural rights of a human. Black slaves were demanded by the whites and looked for young blacks of both sexes from 12 to 25. Additionally, Nathaniel was sold 3 times in his …show more content…
Three years later, Nat Turner had another vision. He saw lights in the sky and prayed to find out what they meant. Then, while he was laboring in the field, he discovered drops of blood on the corn, as though it were dew from heaven, and he communicated it to many, both white and black, inthe neighborhood; and then he found on the leaves in the woods hieroglyphic characters and numbers, with the forms of men in different attitudes, portrayed in blood, and representing the figures he had seen before in the