Essays on Nat Turner

Nat Turner is an interesting individual. His story has been on the big screen, as well as the conversation of historians for years. Even in his early life, he was regarded as a prophet and that he was destined for some great purpose. Starting as…

The nation we live in today was built on the backs on our ancestors. The 2016 movie, Birth of a Nation, tells the story of Nat Turner. The rebellion started by Nat Turner was one of the main causes to the civil war and abolition…

The Religiopolitical Power in Nat Turner’s Confession David Chidester, a professor of comparative religions, considers religion and politics to be two realms of power which together exists as religiopolitical systems of power. He claims that religiopolitical systems may conflict with other such systems, when their…

Nat Turner: Hero or Maniac? In 1831, a man by the name of Nat Turner led a rebellion of black slaves through the south, indiscriminately slaughtering white, slave-owning families. It can be said that he undoubtedly, and perhaps unrightfully, killed the innocent—children of these families…