Southerners blamed the Northern abolitionists for Nat’s rebellion (129). A very famous abolitionist, William Lloyd Garrison, was also blame d for Nat’s aggression. Garrison wrote an abolitionist paper called The Liberator that called for immediate abolishment of slavery because it was immoral. Garrison was a radical abolitionist that could even burn or rip copies of the constitution saying that it was a “deed with the devil”. There was no proof of Nat reading any of Garrison’s works on abolitionism, that Nat had even heard of him, or that there was even a copy of The Liberator in the county but they still blamed Garrison (130). Southerners refused to take the timing of the release of The Liberator and the rebellion as a coincidence (130). A large conspiracy even started in the South that the North, whites and blacks, would attack the South to abolish slavery. Governor Floyd gets into a heated argument with Garrison as well also blaming him for the rebellion. While Southern tension against the North grew, Southern slave owners were tightening their grasp on slaves to make sure they don’t make the same mistake again. “It was a pity to teach Negroes to read and write, to the end that they might read the scriptures.” Said a white female from Virginia (131). She had a good point, Nat’s literacy was a major reason for his rebellion, so now the education of slaves was just to teach them their job and everything that will
Southerners blamed the Northern abolitionists for Nat’s rebellion (129). A very famous abolitionist, William Lloyd Garrison, was also blame d for Nat’s aggression. Garrison wrote an abolitionist paper called The Liberator that called for immediate abolishment of slavery because it was immoral. Garrison was a radical abolitionist that could even burn or rip copies of the constitution saying that it was a “deed with the devil”. There was no proof of Nat reading any of Garrison’s works on abolitionism, that Nat had even heard of him, or that there was even a copy of The Liberator in the county but they still blamed Garrison (130). Southerners refused to take the timing of the release of The Liberator and the rebellion as a coincidence (130). A large conspiracy even started in the South that the North, whites and blacks, would attack the South to abolish slavery. Governor Floyd gets into a heated argument with Garrison as well also blaming him for the rebellion. While Southern tension against the North grew, Southern slave owners were tightening their grasp on slaves to make sure they don’t make the same mistake again. “It was a pity to teach Negroes to read and write, to the end that they might read the scriptures.” Said a white female from Virginia (131). She had a good point, Nat’s literacy was a major reason for his rebellion, so now the education of slaves was just to teach them their job and everything that will