Talk:Nat Turner
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[edit] Mystery
One thing tat has eluded explanation and needs investigating is the fact that Nat apparently did not touch the Thomas Gray family house even though it was in the path the Turner's travelled. Is this the same Gray family reated to the legal representation for Nat. Johnson states that "the negroes apparently were so drunk that they passed by the Thomas Gray family." F. Roy johnson - "The Nat Turner Slave Rebellion" Page 95. This adds credibility to the accusations of the Turner Rebellion being a hoax all together. Doesnt necessarily mean it, but I just cant see how the slaves missed the house when it was in the path ? 06:52, 1 March 2008 (UTC)130.127.108.56 (talk) 06:52, 1 March 2008 (UTC)Collective Conscious
[edit] Number of blacks killed as response
I would add to the paragraph about reprisals against African Americans that the numbers were high enough and acts so indiscriminate that the commander of the responding armed forces Brigadier General Eppes, stated that he would punish ordinary civilians if they did not cease from punishing the blacks. He went on to state that the response from the whites in indiscriminate attacks against innocent blacks were of such a character and of such an amount that no one would be able to tell whom was the villain or the hero in the story of this rebellion. 3 days after he threatened punishment of civilians for indisciminate atrocities against innocent blacks, he again promised rather than threatend reprimand if the atrocities continued. Page 110-1. F. Roy johnson "The Nat Turner Rebellion"
John Hampton Pleasants, senior editor of the "Richmond Whig" stated that there can never be a rebellion like this because a similar response by the white population would lead to "the extirpation of the whole black population in the quarter of the state where it occurs." F. Roy Johnson "The Nat Turner Rebellion" Page 110.
07:03, 1 March 2008 (UTC)~~Collective Conscious
[edit] Not clear
Please re-word this so that it clearer. I am not quite certain what you are saying and if I as a professional historian cannot understand it, then I dont expect any layman to :(
07:09, 1 March 2008 (UTC)130.127.108.56 (talk)Collective Conscious
However, fears of repetitions of the Nat Turner Revolt served to polarize moderates and slave owners across the South.[citation needed] Municipalities across the region instituted repressive policies against enslaved and free blacks. The freedoms of all black people in Virginia were tightly curtailed, and an official policy was established that forbade questioning the slave system on the grounds that any discussion might encourage similar slave revolts. There is evidence of trends in support of such policies and for slavery itself in Virginia before the revolt.[citation needed] This was probably due in part to the recovering Southern agricultural economy and the spread of slavery across the continent which made the excess Tidewater slaves a highly marketable commodity. Nat's actions probably sped up existing trends.
[edit] Nat Turner
Nat Turner's name Nat meant "the gift of God" in Christianity.
00:54, 27 March 2008 (UTC)Collective Conscious
