Within this though, he was separated from his wife as each of them had to work on separate plantations. This of course caused him much personal angst. Nat was sold to a man called Thomas Moore, who worked in the fields along side the slaves. The rebellion itself was morally just for reasons other than personal to Nat also, it was for god. Nat believed that he had the gift of being able to speak to god and that he was chosen. He also believed that he had special gifts, such being able to heal people with his hands. Nat"tms "abilities" made Nat believe that he was chosen to liberate the slaves that were being held captive by the whites, and that it was the slave"tms duty to overthrow the whites just as god had spoken to Ezekiel. The "god given" right of life, liberty, and property was being infringed on and that was unacceptable.
Given Nat"tms experience and the experience of other slaves around him, it can be argued that his actions were in some ways morally indefensible. Although the lives of the millions of Africans lost due to slavery and slave
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Given Nat"tms experience and the experience of other slaves around him, it can be argued that his actions were in some ways morally indefensible. Although the lives of the millions of Africans lost due to slavery and slave trade is nothing compared to the 70 whites lost in the rebellion that Nat Turner initiated and led, human life cannot be compared. What right does a man have to take another man"tms life Nat"tms right hand man (Will) along with twenty other slaves butchered and beheaded children, women, and old people without discrimination. Nat had the god given gift of intelligence and was very good at oratory. If he were to put as much time studying politics as he did studying religion Nat Turner would probably have been able to do much more positive things for the African American community than teaching them to revolt and kill people. The brutal slaying of children and women is unjust to them, as they had done nothing at all to provoke the slaves that murdered them. In one passage Stephen B. Oates narrates that "slave horsemen" mowed down school children, decapitating several then piling them into a bloody heap where they would rot. It is scenes like this one that persuade the reader that brutality is not the answer to brutality. The merciless killing of anyone or anything is not something to be taken lightly, whether it by a black or a white, but the repercussions of it cannot be more killing. The actions that must be taken include punishment, but possibly imprisonment rather than death.
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