Nat Turner

2. Nat Turner's life as a young slave was typical of many others. He played with his master's children and received the same religious instruction as they did. He ate his meals in the Negro cabins and was supervised during the day by his grandmother (Oates 7-8).

3. Nat was considered an exceptional child because he was clearly a bright, smart child. He believed and convinced others the God had given him special powers, such as an ability to know about events that had happened before he was born. He also learned how to read and write without ever seeming to have been taught (Oates 11-12).

4. Nat's father ran away, leaving Nat and his mother behind, when Nat was very young. Shortly after that, Nat's master, Benjamin, sent Nat and his mother, Nancy, to live with Benjamin's son Samuel. So Nat was moved from the plantation he had lived on a

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s a slave preacher (Oates 10-14, 30-31). 7. In the early 19th century, whites argued that slavery was a "necessary evil." They argued that they needed the slaves for economic reasons, but that they also could not free the slaves because of the threat that posed to their white, Christian way of life (Oates 19-20). 8. David Walker was a free black who had traveled extensively, studied history and the Bible, and lectured at black meetings in Boston. He wrote his Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World to speak out against slavery, calling American a land of tyrants and Christian hypocrites. Southerners reacted strongly to Walker's Appeal because they feared such language would foment slave unrest and rebellion in the South by making slaves dissatisfied with their condition (Oates 47-48). 9. All of the whites who encountered Nat and his band during the rebellion were afraid. They either tried to fight or ran away. The blacks had differing reactions. Some like Young Moses were afraid to hurt the whites and leave the life they knew. Others like Old Hubbard tried to protect the whites. Other slaves joined the rebellion (like Dred Francis) or turned on the whites themselves (like Charlotte) (Oates 70-78). 10. Oates does not seem t
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