How Did Nat Turner Start A Rebellion

Many people attempted to overthrow rules and the government, this is known as a revolt. For example, Nat Turner was a African American slave who started a revolt. He and his followers killed 60 white people including women, men, and children. During the Rebellion, 315 people died in total including slaves and people from the white descent. Rebellions are often caused to express your feelings toward something. In the reading, The Underground Railroad for Kids by Mary Cay Carson, it shows the Revolt that started with Nat Turner. I think that starting a revolt with violence is positive. Slaves have no other way of expressing their feelings towards the government and how they don’t want to be treated. Revolting is the only way slaves can protest. Also, it is their time to get revenge on their masters. The slave masters treated them like they were animals. Also, …show more content…
No beatings or death. Also, they suffered so much that nothing can overcome it. In the reading it states, “ Rather die freeman than live to be slaves. ” Slaves outnumbered the slaveowners and made them fear. In the reading it also states, “Many slaveholders lived in fear of their slaves revolting. The masters knew they were outnumbered.” These show that violence doesn’t lead to more violence because slave owners were already feared that slaves were going to revolt, they even knew they were outnumbered. They might not put more violence because they are in fear of the slaves. Also, even if they even caused more violence and they died they were once free people and they didn’t die as a slave. If the slaves win there will not be more violence because then there might be a law against slavery. The people who says revolts can lead to more violence are wrong because if the slaves are successful their won’t be any