God And Restrictions

The Fires of Jubilee This book by Stephen B. Oates describes a sad and tragic story about a man named Nat Turner who was born into slavery and his fight to be free. Ironically, his willingness to do anything, even kill, to gain his freedom leads to his own demise. From the title of this book, "The Fires of Jubilee," a reader can truly grasp the concept that there is trouble, chaos, and mayhem brewing in the month of August. This story was not only riveting, but also one that kept me on my heels for almost the entire time that I was reading it. Stephen B. Oates, a prize-winning author of thirteen books and more then seventy articles, is currently a professor of history at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Some of his best novels have been "With Malice Toward None: The Life of Abraham Lincoln," "Let the Trumpet Sound: The Life of Martin Luther King. Jr.," and "Rip Ford's Texas." His writing is riveting as well as courageous. His willingness to get to such length to capture the mind of the reader and hold them in suspense has earned him several awards throughout his lustrous career. Some of the awards that Oates has received are the Christopher Award and the Barondess/Lincoln Award of the New York Civil War Round

In the Fires of jubilee, author Stephen B. Oates tells the story of a slave who led a revolt to end the white supremacy in the South. This book is a non - fiction book and describes the history of slaves who rebelled against the white supremacy. I've acknowledged my self of the efforts of African American in the past. The author sets images of story for reader to understand the purpose of the book. I always wanted to know the history of the African Americans who were mistreated in the past. The author's main purpose is to describe in detail, the slave rebellions in 1830s. He also explain the culture of that time and how people viewed slavery. This book is required for students to read and evaluate the importance of the book. I think this book would make me feel sympathetic to the slaves and it would teach me not to hate people because of their color. This book makes us realize the consequences that took place in the event of the story. The blood shed of innocent African American wh

Nat Turner's belief that he was a mystic, born for some great purpose; a spiritual savior, chosen to lead Black slaves to freedom, justified his bloody rebellion against slave owners in Virginia. His actions did not so much spring from the fact that members of his family had been beaten, separated or sold, but rather from his own deep sense of freedom spoken in the Bible. From the time Nat Turner was four-years-old, he had been recognized as intelligent, able to understand beyond his years. He continued to search for religious truth and began to have visions or signs of being called by God. By the time Nat Turner reached