Nat Turner's Rebellion In Stephen Oates Fire Of Jubilee

The book “Fire of Jubilee”by Stephen Oates is about a slave called Nat Turner. Nat Turner was seen as a prophet of God by his family, other slaves, and white people. Turner did preach to slave for a time being. But he left preaching to reflect on life and get closer to god. After his master died, he moves to another plantation. When he was in the fields he felt like he wasn’t treated right since he knows more than any regular slave. The reason why is that he thinks he knows more than any other slave because he went to white church service and interacts with white people. After a few years, he starts a rebellion by recruiting slaves from other plantation. Then when the day was right they went out and kill some white people in the town including women and children. When the rebellion was over, his followers got caught and went to trial. A few months later Nat Turner went to trial and was found guilty. After he has been found guilty, he …show more content…
In the book, it talks about a number of people that lost their lives. The text said, “All told, Nat Turner’s rebellion cost the lives of approximately sixty whites and more than two hundred Negros” (Oates 126). This rebellion cost a lot of lives just to be able for blacks to be free from slavery. Now in Baltimore, there was a riot that happens because of the Freddy Grays death in the police van. In a CNN report, it says “Buildings and cars across the city were engulfed in flames. About a dozen businesses looted or damaged. At least 15 officers were wounded, six of them seriously, the police commissioner said” (Yan and Ford). The injured officer's amount doesn’t compare to Nat Turner deaths but the cost of the damaged to people property can be compared. After the riots, it cost all these people a lot of money to be able to be rebuilt or replace there burn items. Both incidents did help them make a notice in the