The Fires of Jubilee This book by Stephen B. Oates describes a sad and tragic story about a man named Nat Turner who was born into slavery and his fight to be free. Ironically‚ his willingness to do anything‚ even kill‚ to gain his freedom leads to his own demise. From the title of this book‚ “The Fires of Jubilee‚” a reader can truly grasp the concept that there is trouble‚ chaos‚ and mayhem brewing in the month of August. This story was not only riveting‚ but also one that
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The Life and Works of Nat Turner Imagine being born into a tiny hut‚ having to work in a kitchen at age four‚ having no choices about anything‚ being beaten if you said one word about being free‚ and at age twelve‚ being forced to work in the fields for no money. Well‚ that ’s what being born a slave was like. The injustice of slavery pushed Nat Turner to want freedom for himself and even more for others. Nat Turner was a hero because he fought for freedom of others‚ not just himself‚ and he was
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History 120 4/8/14 Nat Turner Turner was born into slavery on October 2‚ 1800‚ in Southampton County‚ Virginia‚ on slaveholder Benjamin Turner’s farm. He led and organized one of the bloodiest slave rebellions before the civil war. This was the rebellion that served to change the course of American history. When Turner was born‚ his mother was so determined not to subject him to a life of slavery‚ that she tried to kill him as soon as he was born‚ but when Turner was the age of three his
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The book The Fires of Jubilee by Stephen B. Oates‚ gives an account of the slave insurrection that took place in 1831 in Southampton County‚ Virginia‚ led by the self-proclaimed prophet Nat Turner. Oates gives an historic account of the events that led up to the deadliest insurrection before the civil war. Oates relies on the evidence of Nat Turner’s confessions‚ trial documents and other related material; but he does not give a fair account of the Southampton insurrection. The problem lies within
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Nat Turner 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
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The Fires of Jubilee In the Fires of jubilee‚ author Stephen B. Oates tells the story of a slave who led a revolt to end the white supremacy in the South. This book is a non - fiction book and describes the history of slaves who rebelled against the white supremacy. The author sets images of story for reader to understand the purpose of the book. The author’s main purpose is to describe in detail about the slave rebellions in 1830s. He also explains the culture of that time and
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as no surprise when a rebellion ensued like that of Nat Turner in South Hampton County‚ Virginia in August of 1831. Stephen B. Oates’s account of this gruesome slave rebellion was put into text in “The Fires of Jubilee: Nat Turner’s Fierce Rebellion.” Oates’s description of this important fragment in American history comes in a prologue‚ four parts‚ and then an epilogue in which he tells the story of the time leading up the rebellion in South Hampton County‚ the rebellion itself and the time after
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The Fire of Jubilee Santo Domingo. In 1799 two white guards were killed while transporting slaves through Nat’s hometown‚ Southampton County. The first attempted large scale insurrection on American soil was the Gabriel Prosser conspiracy in Richmond in 1800. Gabriel and his accomplices planned to burn Richmond‚ and take the governor hostage. His plans were spoiled before he had an opportunity to carry them out‚ but the event contributed dramatically to the uneasiness of many Southerners. Nat toiled
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May 30‚ 2015 History 1301-07 The Fires of Jubilee Book Review This book was written by Stephen B. Oats. He is known as an award winning Civil War era expertise. Stephen has written sixteen novels and The Fires of Jubilee is one of those sixteen. Stephen wrote this biography of Nat Turner about his notorious rebellion. Nat Turner believed that he was the “chosen one” by the Lord. Funny as it is‚ his name Nathaniel means “the gift of the God” in Hebrew. Nat Turner was convinced that deep inside his
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Nat Turner is the most famous and most controversial slave rebel on American history. He was living in the innocent season of his life‚ in those carefree years before the working age of twelve when a slave boy could romp and run about the plantation with uninhibited glee. Nat in his young years cavorted about the home place as slave children did generally in Virginia. He was first lived in Turner’s house‚ who owned a modest plantationin a remote neighborhood "down county" from Jerusalem. His daytime
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