Fires Of Jubilee book review
Biographer Stephen B. Oates is an award winning Civil War era expert. The Fires of Jubilee is just one of sixteen books that he has written. As a History professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Oates wrote this biography of Nat Turner and his infamous insurrection. Nat Turner was convinced that he was a "chosen" man of the Lord. Ironically, the name Nathaniel is Hebrew for "the gift of God". Nat felt, deep in his heart, that he was special and important in the fight for the freedom of all slaves. As a child he was something of a spectacul. His mother and father would brag to the other slaves of how Nat had congenital bumps and scars on his head and chest, which in African tradition meant that he was destined to be a leader. Also, Nat was naturally a highly intelligent person. As a child he was able to learn to read and write at ease on his own. This astonished many of the the slaves, as well as his master Ben Turner. Nat also astonished his mother by telling of an event that happened prior to his birth, that he had no way of knowing. When she asked how he knew of the incident he said that somehow he just knew. Many of the whites and other slave also made Nat feel "different" than the other slave by saying that he "w
Within days most of the insurgents were either caught and hung, or killed upon their capture. Some say that Nat may have fell ill on thee thought of so many lost lives, both white and black. ould never be of any service to anyone as a slave. Up until this point in his life Nat actually thought that he might be freed. The insurrection lasted until Tuesday August 23,1831. It was in the form of a solar eclipse. He claimed the Holy Spirit came to him and said, "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 , for the time was fast approaching when the first should be last and the last should be first. He was owned by someone, like a piece of property and was to be ordered to work like a mule. The voice said to him "see ye the kingdom of heaven and all things shall be added unto you," but he wasn't sure what it meant to him specifically. Sometime in summer or fall of 1825, after months of solitude and fasting, Nat revealed to the other slaves that the Holy Spirit had visited him again and had opened the heavens to him and showed him visions this time. Over the years NAt became resentful of his falls hopes of being freed. Nat "knew" that God was giving him another sign to go through with the insurrection, no matter how it made Nat feel psychologically or physically. It even changed colors from orange, to green, to blue and then to whitish silver. Then on August 13, 1831 another "sign" was shown to Nat. Until the age of 8, Nat was owner by Ben Turner, who was considered to be a fair and kind master.
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