Reflection
The American Civil war was filled with brutal battles that began to arise in 1850 and finally ended in 1865. The American Civil War was fought for the freedom of African American slaves so they could escape the tortuous actions of there slave holders. There where two sides to this ruthless war, The Union Forces of the North who hoped to free slaves from the unjust actions done against them and The Confederate Forces of the South hoping to keep the slave trade alive and continue using them to profit from. During this span of time many battles and other important events occurred, but in the end freedom was granted to all African American slaves and the act of slavery was/is prohibited to take place thanks to Abrahams Lincolns Emancipation Proclamation, and all the soldiers of the Union.
Primary & Secondary Sources
My Primary source was Harriet Beecher Stowe who wrote the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin which I used a quote from that spoke from a slaves view. Zachariah H.J, Benefield was also one of my primary sources. He was a solider for the Confederates and was writing to his wife. My third primary source is a solider for the Union, George W. Johnson. He was writing to his brother about the Approximation Court House surrender. My secondary source is the textbook, The Americans, where I found information about Key people and also some of the events in the timeline.
CSE
Nat Turner actions are un-justifiable. "It turned out to be the bloodiest slave revolt in Southern history, one that was to have a profound and irrevocable impact on the destinies of Southern whites and blacks alike" (221). Nat Turner could have went about his revolt in a different non-violent way, yet he chose the most destructive course of action to get his point across by killing an excessive amount of people. Turner used his knowledge to take advantage of the uneducated slaves to brutally attack white people he had so longingly waited to avenge. "Evidently Nat came of age a bit confused if not resentful. Both whites and blacks had said he was too intelligent to be raised a slave: yet here he was, yet fully grown and still in bondage. Obviously he felt betrayed by false hopes...Turner told his fellow slaves about his communion with the Spirit. 'And they believed,' Turner recalled" (221). Nat Turners actions are unjustifiable due to his choice not to go about this protest on slavery in a peaceful manor but instead acting out in a violent manner, lying and deceiving many innocent people using them to avenge for him in a brutal revolt.