The Fires of Jubilee

This book is Stephen B. Oates describes the sad and tragic story about a man named Nate Turner, who was born in slavery and his struggle for freedom. Ironically, his desire to do anything, even kill to get their freedom leads to their death. The title of this book, "Fire Anniversary", the reader can truly grasp the concept that there are problems, chaos, and chaos brewing in the month of August.

Nate Turner is the most famous and most controversial slave rebel in American history. He lived in the season of innocent life, in those carefree years before working age twelve, when a slave boy could romp and run around plantations with uninhibited glee. Nate in his younger years, cavorted around the house, as did the slave children in general in Virginia. He was the first Turner lived in the house, which belongs to a modest plantationin remote Neighborhood "down county" (Oates 21) from Jerusalem. His head was the day his grandmother, Bridget-old boy who regaled the slave tales and stories from the Bible. Nate was very attached to his grandmother.

Tokarev were Methodists, who held a church service at their farm, and took black Sunday chapel. Among them were slaves Nate grandmother and mother, Nancy, a big, warm, olive-skinned young American imported into North America until 1808, to work, as surety on the farms and plantations there. By that time, Nate was four or five years, Nancy was very proud of them. The bright eyes and quick to learn, it is distinguished from other children. He never touched liquor, never swore, never to play practical jokes, and never cared a thing for white people money. As a Methodist, old masters, not only endorsed the Nate literacy, but also encouraged him to study the Bible. Preachers and everything else in the world all the boy noticed that he had too much sense to be raised in bondage, that he "will never have any service in any of the slave trade" (Oates 12). In 1809 Nate life has changed immensely. The first shock was when his father had escaped slavery in the north, in no way should be seen again. The second shock was the death Nate Wizard. Nate in 1810 became the official property of Benjamin oldest son, Samuel Turner. Samuel was a very religious BA in mid-twenties. Samuel worked his slaves hard and is used by Christians to scare the slaves in obedience.

Despite attempts to use Christianity as justification, many owners of American slaves at that time was somewhat uneasy about the whole situation of a slave. In 1790 full-scale revolt of the slaves had been shocked the island of Santo Domingo. In 1799 two white security guards were killed in the transport of slaves across Nate in his native town, Southampton County. After a Methodist meeting in a Virginia county, Asbury was talking with some friends about the choice slave keeping, but they could not bear it that I know God will ask the case of ...