Nat Turners Rebellion

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The Effects of Three Brave Men

The United States has had many famous rebellions that have affected it as a whole country. The 1811 German Coast Revolt, Nat Turners Rebellion, and John Browns raid on Harper Ferry all included charismatic leaders, much planning, and many changes to the laws and the views affecting slavery and the U.S as a whole. Nat Turner, John Brown and Charles Deslonde contributed much to the cause of slavery. These men all came from different parts of the nation but yet their rebellions were all similar and different; they were all fought for the same reasons but they were all fought with different methods and strategies. Charles Deslonde was a very wise man; he unlike many others had created an army

He had been highly respected by many as a prophet because he was capable of explaining things that happened before his birth, he could tell things that he had never seen him during his life time (Nat Turners Rebellion). Nat Turner was so respect by others that many had started to call him "Ol' Prophet Nat" (James M.Mellard). Religion played a huge role in Nat Turners life because he had always withdrawn himself into praying and fasting. When Nat Turner had been separated from his family he immediately turned to religion for help. After a while Nat Turner began to lead many, he became a spiritual leader for many of the slaves in his area (Wood and Walbert). This played a huge role in his rebellion because he managed to convince many people to join his rebellion all because of religion. Nat Turner had claimed to have had three visions from God two of which had commanded him to fight back and to stop slavery. Turner received his first vision when he ran away from his master Samuel Turner. The vision had a spirit in it which told him to "return to the service of my earthly master" (Nat Turners Rebellion). When Nat Turner received this vision he returned back to his master because of how strong his faith was. He had been willing to give up his freedom because of his belief in God (Nat Turners

Turner had seen mysterious lights in the sky which he took as a message from, God. When he saw this he began to pray to God in order to find out what these lights had meant. While praying to God he saw another vision, in this vision he saw “... while laboring in the field, I discovered drops of blood on the corn, as though it were dew from heaven, and then I found on the leaves in the woods hieroglyphic characters and numbers, with the forms of men in different attitudes, portrayed in blood, and representing the figures I had seen before in the heavens" (Scot French 292). Turner believed that God had finally revealed himself to him. He believes that God finally revealed the Holy Ghost to him. He believed that God had offered him the right to be baptized. Through this he was showing courage and faith because the whites did not allow blacks to be baptized yet Turner went down to the river along with other black men and he baptized himself and other black men (Scot French 292).Turners third and final vision had the Spirit come out and say that "the Serpent was loosened, and Christ had laid down the yoke he had borne for the sins of men, and that I should take it on and fight against the Serpent," (Nat Turners Rebellion). In this vision Turner had believed that God had given him the right to fight and kill all of the white people. Turner believed that the Serpent in his vision was supposed