HIST 2061 Chapter : Nat Turner Essay
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In his article, the confessions of nat turner, thomas gray argues it was not. He argues that nat turner did not start this rebellion unexpectedly, but there were several things throughout his life that led up to this rebellion, and he planned it out for a long period of time. In order to prove his argument, gray is required to show that nat turner had a. Long deliberation and a settled purpose of mind . Gray about his childhood and how he was smarter than the children his age, because. The lord had shewn me things that happened before my birth. he shared that he grew up in a very religious environment, and that he and everyone around him knew that god had a purpose for him. His vision shows that this is what he thought god had planned for him, and because he was so religious this was his settled purpose of mind .
