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Summary Of Nat Turner Rebellion By Mintz

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Within Mintz’s book, many brave individuals revealed and their stories told on how they dealt with and overcame slavery. Two courageous men who fought back and rebelled were Nat Turner and Fredrick Douglass. Nat Turner led the Southampton Insurrection in Southampton County, Virginia, in August 1831. Led by Nat Turner, slaves murdered approximately 60 people, the most amount of deaths caused by slaves in any rebellion so far in the South. However, the rebellion was shut down within a matter of two days, but Turner was never caught because he hid soon after the rebellion was shut down. The Belmont Plantation successfully deceased the rebellion August 23, 1831. Because of the fear inflicted by the rebellion, groups of whites formed to counteract the “progress” of the slaves. These white militias killed 56 slaves that they believed to have had some part in the rebellion. Because of Nat Turner’s rebellion, state legislatures assembled new laws denying slaves as well as free blacks the right to education. They also restricted many civil rights for the free blacks, which was …show more content…

After escaping slavery, Douglass established the North Star, his own weekly abolitionist newspaper that was able to voice the overlooked and under appreciated African-American’s voice. He was a living example to contradict all slaveholders' opinion that slaves lacked the knowledge and skill to function as independent Americans. Many people from the north also found it so hard to believe that a slave could have been such an amazing and established orator. Through Douglass’s efforts to voice his life and life from the eye of a slave, he successfully portrayed the struggles and indecency he as well as his fellow slaves faced everyday. A firm believer in the equality of all people, whether black, female, Native American, or recent immigrant, Douglass famously said, "I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do

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Turner hid for a month and a half before being discovered and was hung around a week after his trial. Although in Nightjohn, the enslaved people never rebelled this severely, this proves that slaves did indeed rebel to extreme measures even though the consequences would be just as extreme or even worse. This historical event which sparked other uprising around the country, was very important in altering different ways the enslaved chose to rebel. According to Allen Allensworth from an except about African American Education in Slavery, “slaves would slip out of their quarters at night and go to these pits, and someone who had some learning would have a school.”

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The Impact of Nat Turner's Rebellion Many southern slave owners in America had the impression that they had complete control over slaves, but Turner's rebellion changed that notion entirely. The insurrection showed that slaves were organized and capable of planning resistance against slavery. It laid a negative impact on the conditions of a slave in the South. After Turner's capture and death, many were afraid that another revolt would occur. A small population of the South thought that Nat Tuner's rebellion was the turning point for slavery and would end it for good.

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Douglass spoke in favor of the Civil War, stating, “The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion” (Reconstruction 94). Douglass was such an intelligent speaker many people questioned if he was even a slave. Frederick Douglass was one of the biggest contributors to the abolitionist

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Nat Turners Rebellion became monumental for many people of color, he was idolized and respected for his courageous actions. The rebellion created fear that spread through the South, even those in favor for abolishment now wanted stricter laws for slaves. Turner was “recorded on the list of dishonor” for the organization he had lead (“An Address To The Slave Of The united Slaves”). There had been an interview by Thomas R. Gray, defending and slightly sympathizing with Turners actions, many rejected the validation of the interview and felt as if he just wanted “to trick, confuse, and overwhelm the slave’s minds.” (“The Southampton Tragedy”).

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The enslavement he experienced as a child lead him to become an important leader in the American Anti-Slavery Society, which provided him with many events to share his views on slavery. In the nineteenth century, Douglass used his narrative known as Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave to make the audience feel the emotion like they were in the situation and feel his struggle. In his narrative, he was able to speak the voice of the voiceless to help others emotionally experience the unbearable acts of slavery and vision the actions had to endure. Along with Douglass's three narratives, other abolitionists, criticized slavery by pointing to the inflicted harmful presented to the families. The slave narrative were not Douglass only way to spread his views on slavery, also he published a abolitionist newspaper known as The North Star.

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Both King and Douglass were advocating for the same thing: their constitutional sanction of freedom. Both men, in their respective letters touch upon parallel thoughts and beliefs that revolve around the much bigger topic of racial inequality and discrimination. Both men were discriminated against and they talk about their experiences and plight in their very distinctive yet special styles. Born in the year 1817, in an era of open and unashamed slave trade, Frederick Douglass’s story begins as a serf to Mrs. Hugh in the city of Maryland.

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Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison were the most famous abolitionists who spoke out publicity against slavery, racial discrimination, and were strong supporters of women’s rights. Douglass himself escaped from slavery and went from courage to freedom. He published his autobiography “The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass,” that is considered works of the narrative slave tradition and life learning lessons that he encountered. The narrative illustrates instances of Douglass courage on his journey. Freedom was not something that was given to him.

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The banned book that I chose to read for this quarter was “The Confessions of Nat Turner” by William Styron. The book is loosely based upon the slave rebellion that Nat Turner led in Southampton County, Virginia from August 21-23, 1831. The book starts with Nat Turner waiting for his trial for the rebellion, and then proceeds to look back on his life and then tell the novels through a series of flashbacks. The flashbacks start with his first slave master, Samuel Turner, and end with him leading the slave rebellion. The book has also come under quite a bit of criticism however.

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On August 21, 1831, enslaved preacher Nat Turner and a group of followers launched the deadliest slave revolt in American history. Known historically as the Southampton Insurrection, it began when, according to “Nat Turner’s Slave Rebellion in American History” by Judith Edwards, Turner claimed to have a series of visions and “voices telling him that God had spoken, that Turner was indeed a prophet, and that he must become a minister to his people.” His visions, depicting white and Black spirits battling, led him to rebel against Virginian slave owners. Eventually halted by local whites and state militia, Turner’s revolt led to the death of approximately 55 white people and the subsequent execution and punishment of many Black people. It provoked

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On July 5th 1852 Fredrick Douglass gave a speech to the anti-slavery society to show that all men and woman are equal no matter what. Douglass uses ethos, pathos, and logos in his speech to make look reasonable. Douglass demonstrates ethos by speaking in first person that of which he had experience slavery: "I was born amid such sights and scenes"(Douglass 4). When Douglass spoke these words to the society, they knew of his personal knowledge and was able to depend on him has a reliable source of information. The anti-slavery society listening to his every word, considering that Douglass spoke with integrity, knowledge and emotions.

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According to the text “Frederick was a powerful speaker he was talking about all of his experience of being a slave”. In addition, Frederick Douglass went on to “publishing north star newspaper”. Douglass wrote “rights of free blacks, slaves, and women. Douglass wanted all of the people to have civil rights, Douglass didn’t want to stop working on civil rights.

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During this time, he was giving anti-slavery speeches at different venues and in 1847; he started his own anti-slavery newspaper called The North Star. The papers slogan was "Right is of no Sex—Truth is of no Color—God is the Father of us all, and we are all Brethren" (loc.gov) and swiftly became the most influential paper during the anti-slavery era which gave a voice to an oppressed people. Douglass was able to turn his once feelings of torment and despair of learning to read into an influential weapon against slavery and thereby giving people hope and pursuing to finding “the pathway from slavery to freedom” (Douglass,

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Frederick Douglass was a great writer, but he wasn’t always. He was an escaped slave who used that in his speeches as a topic to gain the attention of his audience. His audience was a seemingly sympathetic one and got to them through rhetorical questions. Douglass wanted to convey the message that there are many changes that need to be made.

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