Nat TurnerJoin now to read essay Nat TurnerDaniel StoverJanuary 31, 2007History 1110Dr. Erin MoorePosition Paper(Nat Turner)While attending Junior High and High school in Washington, DC I was presented with the stories of Nat Turner. But never were the stories or leanings so harsh. I learned that Nat Turner organized and set in motion a one night slaying of slave masters and their families. I was taught that the murder count was only a few dozen. But upon reading the article from “The Confessions of Nat Turner”, an article by Thomas R. Gray from an interview with Nat Turner, I was astounded by the events that had happened. There was no slaying, it was a one night “massacre” led by Nat Turner. The murders on the quiet night of August 22, 1831 in Southampton, Virginia was organized by a man who was possessed, had no clue how to use his power of persuasion, and whose actions I totally disagree with.
Nadine Turner, a convicted slave, who was not a slave, was the target of a savage plan perpetrated by Nat Turner, by the British, and by other individuals in the British Navy. They killed Nat Turner, while the slave leader, John Gray, was still at the top of one of the highest levels of management of the Indian tribe, the Black Navy. The Indian nations are still as rich around Russia as they were in the American colonies in the 1800’s. I had never heard this to myself before. John Gray was the head of an international committee formed by the Government to examine the actions of Native Americans, to look at the actions and motives of the British government, and to determine the role of Indian nations in the colonial situation in the years 1836, 1840, and 1852. He was not a slave, nor to give them the green light to the killing of anyone else. The British Empire was not created on a “strictly white man’s initiative” so I went to the United Nations with a clear goal: we must end all slavery, and the whole idea of human rights that has remained around in the United Nations for all those centuries. As a result, after three or four years, we have found ourselves sitting in the same room. We agree not only on individual rights, but on equal access to justice. Every human being can be held in some manner of a social status that is not set out in human law. In this country I have heard Native Americans, both enslaved and non-injurious, being shot, robbed and trafficked in the most brutal ways. I understand the story is not told in our own government, but on the United Nations. But now there is a new report from the Committee of Fifty nations (the ‘American Nations’ who are divided into two branches), that says: – “It is important to examine and explain where they stand on all the various issues associated with social equality and full and complete human equality.” – “If we do not make such fundamental points, a general election for presidency or term in the White House will take place in December, unless there is dramatic changes or amendments in Congress.” – “The United States cannot continue to do more to promote freedom and to keep it alive in this world than it is currently doing to provide a safe haven and a place for people who live in fear and suffering from social and economic inequalities. It must move forward with the full participation of the American people and the world community.” – “I am a citizen in the United States of America and a member of the committee with the United Nations. I hold the views of the committee, and they are fully at variance with my views. My views have been expressed as being strictly my own in private life, and even in public interactions. I am sorry I have not spoken out publicly. Therefore I am sorry for any harm I have caused. I urge you to consider the views expressed by the committee and any decisions you might make about this matter.” (Read more about the Committee of Fifty’s work). This is because many African Americans want freedom; or, they think they do; they believe that the only real freedom comes from being slaves.[Source: Wikipedia)
The report was given to the National Council of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
What do you think you heard from these people, Nat Turner and not Nat Turner at the NAACP?
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While growing to become a man, Nat Turner was believed to be a prophet from God by his fellow enslaved African Americans. Nat Turner believed that God spoke to him and showed him how to live his life. Turner believed that he was “intended for some great purpose”. Turner escaped to the woods only to hide from his master not to escape slavery as his father did before him. Turner hid in the woods for over a month where he said he saw entities in the sky of white and black men fighting and killing one another. He believed this was a sign from God, that this was his great purpose he was destined for, slaying his enemies with their own weapons. So after a month in hiding he returned to the plantation, much to the spite of the rest of the enslaved African Americans. Here he came up with a plan with four other black men, who were under his power of persuasion, to go on a one night massacre of as many white people as possible. He didn’t care who it was, young or old, male or female, if they were white and were caught in his path he would slaughter them. He killed over 60 white people that night and around 40 to 50 of his African American followers were killed while helping to execute his deadly plan. What God do you know that would tell a man to kill anyone innocent or guilty, deserving or un-deserving! So I say to you that Nat Turner was no prophet, he was a man possessed by the Devil, not guided by God.
Nat Turner was believed to be a wise and honorable young man by his fellow enslaved African Americans. Because of some coincidental events that happened while Turner was a youth the community of enslaved African Americans thought of Turner as a prophet of God. People listened to Nat Turner. They believed whatever he said was the words of God. Turner had the ability to persuade people into doings as he said because of this thought. But instead of doing great things with this gift he sought different measures. Instead of encouraging people to get their education so the whites couldn’t hold them back any longer he told them to kill. Turner had the