kyle+nat+tuner+essay

Nat Turner was a black man who was born on October 2, 1800. He was a American slave who led a slave rebellion in Virginia. On August 21, 1831 that resulted in 56 white death and over 55 black deaths. That was the largest number of fatalities to occur in one uprising prior to American Civil War in the southern United State.

Nat Turner gather supporter in Southampton Country, Virgina. Nat Turner was a convicted, sentenced to death, and executed. In the aftermath, the state executed 56 blacks accused of being part of Turner's slave rebellion. Two hundred blacks were also beaten and killed by white militias and mobs reacting violence. Across Virginia and other southern states, state legislators passed new laws prohibiting education of slaves and free blacks, restricting rights of assembly and other civil rights for free blacks, and requiring white minister to be present at black worship services.

I think Nat Turner did the right thing by doing what god told him to do. The way I see it is he was doing what god told him to do the keep his people safe by killing those white people.That my opinion and reasons why I that he did all of that.


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