The Fires Of Jubilee Review
Thien Le
May 30, 2015
History 1301-07
The Fires of Jubilee Book Review This book was written by Stephen B. Oats. He is known as an award winning Civil War era expertise. Stephen has written sixteen novels and The Fires of Jubilee is one of those sixteen. Stephen wrote this biography of Nat Turner about his notorious rebellion. Nat Turner believed that he was the “chosen one” by the Lord. Funny as it is, his name Nathaniel means “the gift of the God” in Hebrew. Nat Turner was convinced that deep inside his heart, that he was the significant and an important individual to be in a fight for the freedom of all the slaves. When he was younger, he was a considered as eye-catching, because his mother and father would seem to always brag to all the other slaves about how Nat Turner has inbuilt bumps and scar tissues on his head and chest area. This meant that he was destined to be a leader in African tradition. Nat Turner was categorized as a naturally gifted individual. While he was a little boy, he was able to learn how to read and write effortlessly on his own with no one else’s assistance. Such advanced skill mind-boggled all of the slaves and his master, Ben Turner. Nat Turner had also blown away his mother by informing her about an event that had to do with his birth, something that he had no possible way of knowing at all. His mother even asked him how did he know about the incident but he all he said to her was that he just somehow knew. A multitude of whites and slaves had made Nat Turner feel different than the rest when they said that he “would never be of any service to anyone as a slave.” A pronouncement like that to a young child made Nat Turner believes that one day he might be freed. He has always had confidence that he was different from the rest of the people around him. On the days of the holidays, Nat Turner would never drank, not even get drunk like the other slaves. This was considered a disgrace to slaves that do not get drunk on those occasions.
May 30, 2015
History 1301-07
The Fires of Jubilee Book Review This book was written by Stephen B. Oats. He is known as an award winning Civil War era expertise. Stephen has written sixteen novels and The Fires of Jubilee is one of those sixteen. Stephen wrote this biography of Nat Turner about his notorious rebellion. Nat Turner believed that he was the “chosen one” by the Lord. Funny as it is, his name Nathaniel means “the gift of the God” in Hebrew. Nat Turner was convinced that deep inside his heart, that he was the significant and an important individual to be in a fight for the freedom of all the slaves. When he was younger, he was a considered as eye-catching, because his mother and father would seem to always brag to all the other slaves about how Nat Turner has inbuilt bumps and scar tissues on his head and chest area. This meant that he was destined to be a leader in African tradition. Nat Turner was categorized as a naturally gifted individual. While he was a little boy, he was able to learn how to read and write effortlessly on his own with no one else’s assistance. Such advanced skill mind-boggled all of the slaves and his master, Ben Turner. Nat Turner had also blown away his mother by informing her about an event that had to do with his birth, something that he had no possible way of knowing at all. His mother even asked him how did he know about the incident but he all he said to her was that he just somehow knew. A multitude of whites and slaves had made Nat Turner feel different than the rest when they said that he “would never be of any service to anyone as a slave.” A pronouncement like that to a young child made Nat Turner believes that one day he might be freed. He has always had confidence that he was different from the rest of the people around him. On the days of the holidays, Nat Turner would never drank, not even get drunk like the other slaves. This was considered a disgrace to slaves that do not get drunk on those occasions.