The Confessions of Nat Turner

Lydia Maria Child’s, An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans” was a very ambitious and courageous piece for her to write during this time. In this work she argues and brings to light the slavery epidemic that is still occurring. It was an effort to educate the people on what was truly going on “behind closed doors” with real life depictions and examples of what happens to these slaves. In this piece Lydia analyzes slavery, the treatment on the people and how it affects the…

Nathanial “Nat” Turner who was born a slave, led a violent rebellion against slavery in the South. He was awakened by religious faith. He led a short life. (history.com). He also became an icon in the 1960’s black power movement (biography.com). Nat Turner, a slave born in Virginia, became an icon for leading a fierce uprising in order to abolish slavery, which impacted American history. Nat Turner was born on a plantation in Virginia, which was owned by Benjamin Turner. Nat Turner was allowed…

a Trooper!” Last Wednesday, Brian Turner appeared before an audience in the Adams State College Theater. As the famed author of the award winning Here, Bullet, he attracted an audience worth of his fame. That September 5th night at 7:00pm, he awed audiences with an epic and personal first-person glimpse of the war in the Middle East. The main stage in the ASC theater was brightly light, a contrast with the darkened rows of seats. Focus was on Brian Turner as he read from a selection…

After the Nat Turner slave rebellion, panic was set throughout the South. Slaveholders lived in fear that their slaves would rebel as well, so they inflicted fear into the slaves by punishing them and keeping them in their “proper place as submissive servants.” Additionally, there was a push for all free African Americans to be moved out of the state immediately, because they gave inspiration to African American slaves to revolt against their masters. However, another outcome of this…

rebellion led by Nat Turner caused the deaths of many white men, women, and children. While I believe Nat Turner thought he was fighting for the freedom of slaves, it was portrayed the wrong way because he was a religiously misguided fanatic. The rebellion caused more problems for the slaves rather than solve anything. For example, the rebellion made whites feel as though they had an excuse to torture, or execute innocent slaves. The fact that Nat Turner stated in his confessions that God spoke…

their religion in their writings. Both Nat Turner and Malcolm X expressed or demonstrated a willingness to take violent action in the cause of liberation or justice for African-Americans. Both of their writings tilted Malcolm X and The Confessions of Nat Turner, are writings that explain their views and purposes of the lives they were living. Upon their writings they both had co-authors for example, in The Confessions of Nat Turner, it was written by Nat Turner and Thomas R. Gray. For Malcolm X,…

Reflective Writing Assignment Through online broadcasts and riveting reading assignments, this class has broadened my knowledge about the Black Power Movement and the Civil Rights Era. Initially, I enrolled in this class to complete my tier 2 credits but in addition to that I was very intrigued by African American Literature. This was my first time taking an Africana studies course. I took this course in hope of learning about a subject I know very a little about. This class has successfully…

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 1800’s. He endured the pain…

1. Thomas Paine’s Common Sense does not represent American opinion in early 1776 very well because it is unable to capture the diversity of opinion that lived in America with regard to this subject. Of course, Paine’s Common Sense was written in order to convince the American populace of the Patriotic cause. It is not an objective discussion of what was occurring and how people felt about what was occurring in 1776, and therefore, adequate and accurate representation regarding the opinons of…

abolitionists. Many African Americans and white American abolitionists used poems, books, and pamphlets to spread the word about the need to end slavery. Phillis Wheatley’s poem On Being Brought from Africa to America and Thomas Gray’s novel The Confessions of Nat Turner both show how two African Americans, influenced by religion, attempted to draw attention to the injustices of slavery, Wheatley’s poem uses an indirect and more diplomatic approach.…