This rebellion also goes to show the secretive manners of the slaves to acquire certain skills they desired without receiving punishment from their masters. Turner used his secret readings skills to obtain higher knowledge and act out against the slave owners. Nat Turner may have been one of many slaves who used their secretly acquired skills to expand the knowledge of the other slaves that they interacted with in their lives. Taken away from their home land in Africa, separated from their families, and treated in a cruel manner by white slave owners, the black race had enough. Some stayed quiet because they feared for their life, but others went out and broke the law by doing things that was prohibited for the blacks to do. By doing this, Turner showed how he used slave resistance after being tired of the cruel and unfair treatment leading up to a
This rebellion also goes to show the secretive manners of the slaves to acquire certain skills they desired without receiving punishment from their masters. Turner used his secret readings skills to obtain higher knowledge and act out against the slave owners. Nat Turner may have been one of many slaves who used their secretly acquired skills to expand the knowledge of the other slaves that they interacted with in their lives. Taken away from their home land in Africa, separated from their families, and treated in a cruel manner by white slave owners, the black race had enough. Some stayed quiet because they feared for their life, but others went out and broke the law by doing things that was prohibited for the blacks to do. By doing this, Turner showed how he used slave resistance after being tired of the cruel and unfair treatment leading up to a