Nat Turner Quotes

• Good communication is the bridge between confusion and clarity.

  Nat Turner

  Communication, Bridges, Confusion

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• I heard a loud noise in the heavens, and the Spirit instantly appeared to me and said the Serpent was loosened, and Christ had laid down the yoke he had borne for the sins of men, and that I should take it on and fight against the Serpent, for the time was fast approaching when the first should be last and the last should be first.

  Nat Turner

  God, Christian, Jesus

  Nat Turner (2011). “The Confessions of Nat Turner, the Leader of the Late Insurrection in Southampton, Virginia”, p.21, Univ of North Carolina Press

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• It was unexpected. That's just how it was. I don't believe they were faster than us. I don't believe they had more heart or dedication. It just fell on their side. That's the reality of it.

  Nat Turner

  Believe, Heart, Reality

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• Having soon discovered to be great, I must appear so, and therefore studiously avoided mixing in society, and wrapped myself in mystery, devoting my time to fasting and prayer.

  Nat Turner

  Prayer, Mixing, Fasting

  Nat Turner “The Confessions of Nat Turner”, Lulu.com

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• The manner in which I learned to read and write, not only had great influence on my own mind, as I acquired it with the most perfect ease, so much so, that I have no recollection whatever
  of learning the alphabet.

  Nat Turner

  Writing, Perfect, Mind

  Nat Turner (2011). “The Confessions of Nat Turner, the Leader of the Late Insurrection in Southampton, Virginia”, p.18, Univ of North Carolina Press

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• To a mind like mine, restless, inquisitive, and observant of everything that was passing, it is easy to suppose that religion was the subject to which it would be directed; and, although this subject principally occupied my thoughts, there was nothing that I saw or heard of to which my attention was not directed.

  Nat Turner

  Mind, Saws, Would Be

  Nat Turner (2011). “The Confessions of Nat Turner, the Leader of the Late Insurrection in Southampton, Virginia”, p.18, Univ of North Carolina Press

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• I was not addicted to stealing in my youth, nor have ever been; yet such was the confidence of the Negroes in the neighborhood, even at this early period of my life, in my superior
  judgment, that they would often carry me with them when they were going on any roguery, to plan for them.

  Nat Turner

  Youth, Judgment, Stealing

  Nat Turner “The Confessions of Nat Turner”, Lulu.com

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