Daniel Stover
January 31, 2007
History 1110
Dr. Erin Moore

Position 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.

While growing to become a man, Nat Turner was believed to be a prophet from God by......

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