The Slave Rebellion Was An Important Event That Helped...

The slave rebellion was an important event that helped ignite the start of abolishing slavery. Around the year of 1831 Nat Turner led a significant rebellion that mark the pursuit to freedom in America. Nat Turner is a former slave who was born in 1800. His plan was to â€Å"overthrow the slave regime† because he was fed up and felt that he wanted his own freedom instead of being degraded as a slave (Mason). What spark Turner’s idea about creating a rebellion was from a story he heard as a little boy about a man having a legendary rebellion. The man who he claims to have gotten the idea from was a former blacksmith under the name Gabriel Prosser. The man â€Å"who had plotted an uprising in nearby Richmond† (Mason). Before the rebellion could have been initiated, Nat Turner compromised a group of Africans in 1831 at Southern Virginia to help fight for their independence under their master’s (Slave owners) control. At the age of thirty-one, Nat Turner led t he rebellion which became a massacre and being known as â€Å"Nat Turners Revolt.† His actions for the rebellion â€Å"was seen as the first major armed conflict in the long struggle to end slavery† (Mason 204). With his actions that Turner did, it soon became widely notice around America and spark a change of mind of what slavery was to become or happen. Slave owners are now at risk of losing their slaves, but the slaves are at now at the point of achieving their independence. Upon having the rebellion against slavery, the Africans had anShow MoreRelatedThomas Paine And America A Prophecy2237 Words   |  9 PagesSoon Orc and other colonies under British rule attack the Prince of Albion and King George III. Alongside Orc are historical figures such as; George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Paine who fight for the liberty of their country. The story ends with Orc liberating America from tyrannical rule and influencing other countries to rebel. The mention of Thomas Paine’s in the prophetic story is not coincidental, as he and Blake were involved with one another in real life. I believe that by havingRead MoreOne Significant Change That Has Occurred in the World Between 1900 and 2005. Explain the Impact This Change Has Made on Our Lives and Why It Is an Important Change.163893 Words   |  656 PagesAbout the Contributors †¢ 343 _ IN TR OD UC TIO N Michael Adas B y any of the customary measures we deploy to demarcate historical epochs, the twentieth century does not appear to be a very coherent unit. The beginnings and ends of what we choose to call centuries are almost invariably years of little significance. But there is little agreement over when the twentieth century c.e. arrived, and there were several points both before the year 2000 (the collapse of the Soviet