Nathaniel “Nat” Turner was born in Southampton County, Virginia on October 2, 1800, the son of slaves owned by Benjamin Turner, a prosperous farmer. Taught to read by the son of his owner, Turner studied Christianity which he interpreted as condemning slavery. Turner also began to believe that God had chosen him to free his people from slavery. He soon became known among fellow slaves as “The Prophet.”
Turner was sold to slaveholder Joseph Travis in 1830. Less than a year after the sale, Turner received what he assumed was a sign from God when he witnessed the eclipse of the sun. After sharing this experience with a few close friends, they began to plan an insurrection. While still planning the uprising, Turner saw that the color of the sun had changed to a bluish-green, which he believed was the final sign to initiate the uprising. With this confidence, Turner and seven other slaves moved forward with their plans. They first murdered the entire Travis family and eventually fifty whites in the futile effort to incite a general slave uprising. Only 75 slaves and free blacks joined the rebellion.
They were soon pursued by over 3,000 members of the state militia. Turner and his followers were confronted by militiamen. One was killed and the others were captured. The rebellion was over in 48 hours. Turner escaped and eluded Virginia authorities for two months but was finally captured and tried for insurrection and murder. He was executed six days after his trial on November 5, 1831. In retaliation for the abortive rebellion, nearly two hundred innocent slaves were killed.
Although Nat Turner did not end slavery as he may have hoped, he nonetheless shook the institution to its core. Pro-slavery advocates began calling for greater restrictions on free blacks and slaves in the South and made more demands on Northern whites to cease their interference with the servile institution. Northern abolitionists, however, viewed the uprising differently and intensified their efforts to end slavery throughout the nation.
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There was a yoyo walk animation i thought would be great for here too
oh my god yes biscuit is here
federation was a great idea
NAZI IS NOT AN ETHNICITY NAZI IS NOT AN IMMUTABLE TRAIT YOU ARE NOT BORN A NAZI YOU CHOOSE TO BECOME A NAZI
Wtf … @axont@hexbear.net gave the most lib possible answer and they still think its unhinged?
Some of these people cannot be saved
the most lib possible answer is trying to find a sensible compromise with the nazis
i’m willing to compromise between allowing them to be hanged or shot
right? Like you can’t even compromise with these people. Anything other than laying on your back and giving fascists a smooch is too far for them.
honestly genociding nazis is a good thing
I’m finally going to have my first date with someone. It’s going to be totally chill and we’re just meeting in a coffee shop, so there’s no pressure if it ends up just being a hangout and she wants to stay friends.
good luck making a great impression
good luck to you
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>“I’ll pull a single all-nighter to hard-reset my sleep schedule before school.”
>nap for three hours the day after, don’t go to sleep until 2am because I’m not tired
>my sleep schedule is even more fucked now
You know, we all have a little Barbie in us when you think about it (microplastics)
It’s insane that there was a mechanism to flood the colosseum for naval battles
The advertising would have been like for monster truck specials
GRRRRRRANDE BATALLA NAVALE
🤯 IL PRIMATI CONTRA IL BALENO 🤯
EXCLUSIVO QUESTA SABATO SABATO SABATO
i can’t believe my man Gaiseric didn’t steal it (the entire god-dang colliseum) or use it to stage a naval battle while he was sacking Rome. his entire resume was stealing shit and legendary piracy
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Dating struggles
Asked out a guy for the first time in my life today. Turns out he already has a boyfriend :agony: so there’s another L for me. On the other hand this guy is so that I don’t think he realized that I was asking him out. I didn’t directly ask him out but I did say I was bi and then directly after asked if he had time to do stuff this weekend, so first he fiddled through his phone and then mentioned that he had a date with his bf. This guy is peak .
The alternative could be that it was a masterclass in “totally down to hang out but only as friends”
I can’t fucking draw anymore goddamn it
Sometimes I sit down and it feels like I’ve never picked up a pen before
The kind of shit I want to draw I am extra shit at too
It’s weird how much of European history is just like “And then they did that for 500 years until Napoleon checked in”
Napoleon just walked in, couped france, declared themself emperor, successfully invaded all of europe, reformed it until he was overthrown, was exiled to island, came back, got declared war on personally by all of europe, and had to be imprisoned on the most secure prison in the world guarded by two warships.
They even covered his coffin in metal so it couldn’t be opened from the inside.
Damn he did shit lol
dudes rock
The retvrn guys are always bringing up shit like chivalry. But none of those bitches are willing take me up on a joust
made a homemade vegan pizza where you use one of those crust bases and then add on your own sauce and cheeze and toppings and shit and I’ve got to say, this is the worst fucking pizza I have ever had in my life lmao
However it is still edible so I will keep eating this garbage
Did you follow a recipe for it?
lmao no
Bread with ketchup, bologna and cheese is kind of a pizza. For vegan substitute pineapple for the bologna and your favorite non dairy cheese.
You should be reading all of my posts in my (Obama’s) voice
Uhh, let me be queer
bro first day of college lets go
this one should be broadly applicable
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