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    Nat Turner Nat Turner was born on October 2, 1800, in Southampton County, Virginia born into slavery. Nat Turner was married sometime around 1822 to Cherry Turner in the plantation of Samuel Turner. Nat Turner started one of the biggest rebellions in slave history, killing 55 white people, then running away for two months, then found and hung in Courtland, Virginia, at the Belmont Plantation owned by Dr. Samuel Blunt. Nat Turner was brought into a very religious family on the Belmont Plantation, Turner escaped slavery in 1821 from his former brothers owner John Travis. Nat Turner worked at 3 different plantations, then stayed at John Travis’s escaping the plantation with six other people. Nat started conducting religious services at the Barnes’s Church near the North Carolina border. Nat Turner lived to be only 31 and had a good life fighting against the white people for freedom to get out of slavery he escaped slavery when he was 21 and he never got caught until his death. Turner then started a rebellion against the white people first when he left, he killed all of Master Travis’s family and his baby then took off. Nat Turner then killed 50 more people with him and his crew and were wanted very much. After Turner’s rebellion they arrested and executed 57 blacks being part of Turner’s rebellion then Turner ran away and…

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    African Americans share many characteristics, beliefs, and values; however, each individual member of this culture is unique. I was born and raised in a small rural area called Boykins, Virginia in Southampton County. The history of slavery this area dates back to 1831. Slavery’s pivotal role in Southampton County has been recognized by the community, schools, and news reporters. Slavery is embedded in the African American roots. Today, African Americans, including myself, have experience…

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    rebellion in U.S. history. It occurred in Southampton County, Virginia, In the year 1831, and was therefore also called the Southampton Insurrection. The rebellion was led by a slave named Nat Turner. He was an extremely religious man and followed a series of signs he saw, environmental and spiritual both, to start the rebellion, which was extremely deadly to the whites in the area, causing the most white deaths from a slave rebellion thus far. It definitely changed people’s views on African…

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    Nathanial “Nat” Turner was born October 2, 1800 on the Virginia plantation of Benjamin Turner. He is recognized as the only Black American slave to led one of the most gruesome sustained slave rebellion that took place on August 1831 in Southampton County, Virginia. Nat Turners’ revolt (also known as the Southampton insurrection) was the most effective rebellion in U.S. history. Spreading fear through the white South. During Tuners’ life on the plantation, Benjamin allowed him to be taught in…

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    No one can be considered a hero because to some people their acts that make him or her seem a hero can be controversial. A person who is seen as a hero but is also seen as someone who acted out of vengeance was Nat Turner. Nat Turner was born into slavery on October 2, 1800 in Southampton, Virginia (“Nat Turner’s Rebellion”). His experience as a slave was the same as any other slave; no freedom, no rights, and couldn’t do anything unless his master told him to. Nat Turner was sold to various…

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    On an early August morning before the break of dawn no one would have suspected that Nat Turner would be leading a slave uprising. He entered his master’s home in Southampton, Virginia killing five of the family members from his plantation. This uprising would soon become the famous rebellion known as the Nat Turner Rebellion. This rebellion, which Tuner thought of as a sign from God would raise southerner’s fears and change attitudes towards slavery. Nat Turner was born into slavery in the…

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    Black power is a political slogan and a name for various associated ideologies aimed at achieving self-determination for people of African descent. It is used by African Americans in the United States. To have black power is to be willing to protect your people at all cost no matter the consequences. I strongly believe that Nat turner can be a black power activist because of the things he has done. Not only did he have a slave rebellion but he was the only one to have a successful slave…

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    Number : Q10813926 Faculty: FSBE Level of study: 4 Course title: Business Management Unit title: Organisation and Resource Management Assignment title: Report Southampton City Council Assignment tutor: Mary White Word count: 2000 Learner request for feedback: TO BE COMPLETED BY STAFF Tutor feedback: Areas of Strength:…

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    The Fires of Jubilee The novel, The Fires of Jubilee, written by Stephen B. Oates is a well- crafted biography of Nat Turner and his rebellion. Throughout the novel you will realize how brilliant Nat Turner really was. You will also come to the conclusion that his experiences shaped him into the man he eventually became. Nat Turner was born on October 2, 1800 in South Hampton County Virginia to his mother Nancy, on a plantation owned by Benjamin Turner, a wealthy man. Nancy did not…

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    City-states of the ancient world were one of the first political entities with democratic governance. Part of the democratic process is authorizing individuals to make decisions, holding these individuals accountable, and for these individual to be responsive to the needs of the community (Pitkin, 1957). Today, cities have low levels of democratic participation that hold elected officials accountable and authorize them to have the power to make a decision. At the same time, a majority of the…

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