Ethan Mckesey GSS7

December 8th

A Day in the Life of Nat Turner

My name is Nat Turner and I’m here to save you from slavery. I’m a runaway slave with my wife and and we are here to rebel against the white people. There are more of us hiding in the middle of the forest. We killed over 30 white people and we are still going. Let me tell a little bit about the back story. I ran away about month ago. A lot of us are from Southampton County and each night we go further north and we do kill white people for what they have done to us. I have visions, visions from God. He tells me to rebel against the English of what they have done to our people. We have to fight for their sins. Each house we find a slave we have to free them and once we free them they are another person that will help us and that is another day.

I remember the day my wife and some fellow slaves and I rebelled for the first time. This was a very vivid memory. I remember like it was yesterday. We had a plan to kill our master and his family while they were sleeping. We stayed up until dusk waiting for the light to turn off. Once we saw those lights shut, it was time to strike.

I whispered to everyone,”It is time, it time for a new beginning.”

Everyone nodded at me understanding that this might be our last time we might see each other. We needed to take this risk for everyone who comes after us, to have the same courage as I do. We walked in the house and it was over in a blink of an eye. We ran and ran until we couldn’t breathe no more. All I see is moon gazing upon my forehead while I take a breath.

“Wait, I see someone. If you want to fight come with us or if you are a coward stay here where there is no hope.