How Did Nat Turner Stand Against Slavery
Nat Turner’s Stand Against Slavery
“Good communication is the bridge between confusion and clarity.” (Nat Turner.) A lot of people think about Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad when they hear about slave rebellions but Nat Turner also played a big part in slave rebellions. Nat Turner grew up a slave and had a big religious impact on his life that lead to his rebellions against slavery.
Nat Turner was born on October 2, 1800, on a plantation in Virginia. Nat spent a lot of time as a kid reading the Bible and others believed that he had a special talent. They had often heard him describe events that happened before he was born and they thought he was a prophet. In 1821 he ran away from his overseer, but then returned because of a vision. In 1830 Turner moved to the home of Joseph Travis, his new master that he liked very much.
In 1831 Turner had a vision and started making plans with his friends that he trusted. They were planning on the 4th of July until Turner got sick. Finally, they got together in August that year and created their plans. They went to Travis’s and killed the whole family when they were asleep. They continued and killed every white person they saw. The next day Turner decided to head towards Jerusalem, but people had heard of their rebellion and there was a militia waiting …show more content…
They also got information later on that same night Turner was going to lead a rebellion. Nat Turner got fifty blacks with him and he also had a free black man named Will Artist. They killed 60 white men not sparing women and children. A lot of black men were killed or captured with the exception of two or three men that escaped. When they went through all of the dead bodies they found a white man that was disguised as a black slave. After they found the man they stated that there would be a punishment for any white man that help the slaves as this man
“Good communication is the bridge between confusion and clarity.” (Nat Turner.) A lot of people think about Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad when they hear about slave rebellions but Nat Turner also played a big part in slave rebellions. Nat Turner grew up a slave and had a big religious impact on his life that lead to his rebellions against slavery.
Nat Turner was born on October 2, 1800, on a plantation in Virginia. Nat spent a lot of time as a kid reading the Bible and others believed that he had a special talent. They had often heard him describe events that happened before he was born and they thought he was a prophet. In 1821 he ran away from his overseer, but then returned because of a vision. In 1830 Turner moved to the home of Joseph Travis, his new master that he liked very much.
In 1831 Turner had a vision and started making plans with his friends that he trusted. They were planning on the 4th of July until Turner got sick. Finally, they got together in August that year and created their plans. They went to Travis’s and killed the whole family when they were asleep. They continued and killed every white person they saw. The next day Turner decided to head towards Jerusalem, but people had heard of their rebellion and there was a militia waiting …show more content…
They also got information later on that same night Turner was going to lead a rebellion. Nat Turner got fifty blacks with him and he also had a free black man named Will Artist. They killed 60 white men not sparing women and children. A lot of black men were killed or captured with the exception of two or three men that escaped. When they went through all of the dead bodies they found a white man that was disguised as a black slave. After they found the man they stated that there would be a punishment for any white man that help the slaves as this man