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    This annotated bibliography includes primary and secondary sources about Nat Turner and his 1831 slave rebellion in Virginia. The primary sources include advertisements offering rewards for Turner's capture, photographs showing the aftermath and impact of the rebellion, documents describing life for slaves and after emancipation, speeches advocating for abolition, and quotes from Turner himself. The secondary sources include a documentary video, online biographies, interviews discussing Turner's motivations, and a book providing another perspective on the rebellion. These sources helped the author better understand Turner's life, the reasons for and events of the rebellion, its widespread impacts, and the ongoing fight to end slavery and racial injustice.

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    This annotated bibliography includes primary and secondary sources about Nat Turner and his 1831 slave rebellion in Virginia. The primary sources include advertisements offering rewards for Turner's capture, photographs showing the aftermath and impact of the rebellion, documents describing life for slaves and after emancipation, speeches advocating for abolition, and quotes from Turner himself. The secondary sources include a documentary video, online biographies, interviews discussing Turner's motivations, and a book providing another perspective on the rebellion. These sources helped the author better understand Turner's life, the reasons for and events of the rebellion, its widespread impacts, and the ongoing fight to end slavery and racial injustice.

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    This annotated bibliography includes primary and secondary sources about Nat Turner and his 1831 slave rebellion in Virginia. The primary sources include advertisements offering rewards for Turner's capture, photographs showing the aftermath and impact of the rebellion, documents describing life for slaves and after emancipation, speeches advocating for abolition, and quotes from Turner himself. The secondary sources include a documentary video, online biographies, interviews discussing Turner's motivations, and a book providing another perspective on the rebellion. These sources helped the author better understand Turner's life, the reasons for and events of the rebellion, its widespread impacts, and the ongoing fight to end slavery and racial injustice.

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    This annotated bibliography includes primary and secondary sources about Nat Turner and his 1831 slave rebellion in Virginia. The primary sources include advertisements offering rewards for Turner's capture, photographs showing the aftermath and impact of the rebellion, documents describing life for slaves and after emancipation, speeches advocating for abolition, and quotes from Turner himself. The secondary sources include a documentary video, online biographies, interviews discussing Turner's motivations, and a book providing another perspective on the rebellion. These sources helped the author better understand Turner's life, the reasons for and events of the rebellion, its widespread impacts, and the ongoing fight to end slavery and racial injustice.

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    Annotated Biography

    Primary Sources:
    "Ad for "Nat Turner's Confessions"..." Ad for "Nat Turner's Confessions"... RareNewspapers.com

    . N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Dec. 2016.


    This was an original document during the 1800s offering an award for Nat
    Turner's and his accomplices capture. This showed me just how serious whites
    were about catching and executing Nat Turner publically.
    Boenzi, Neal. 1967. New Jersey, Newark.
    I used a picture from from Neal Boenzi to show how Nat Turners rebellion
    impacted the world. This furthered my understanding on how Nat Turners
    rebellion lead to the end of slavery, and what African Americans had to deal with
    even after they were free.
    CNN. Cable News Network, n.d. Web. 06 Jan. 2017.
    I used pictures from the Civil Rights Movement to show how the rebellion
    impacted the world and what happened after slaves were free.
    "Slavery--The Peculiar Institution." African American
    Odyssey: (Part 1). N.p., n.d. Web.
    16 Nov. 2016.
    I used pictures and quotes that helped me to visualize what everyone's lives were
    like after the rebellion. This was particularly helpful when i was writing about the
    aftermath and the impacts on people's lives after the insurrection.
    Samuel McDowell Moore to the House of Delegates

    (January 11, 1832)."Transcription


    from Original." N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Jan. 2017
    This speech helped me because Samuel McDowell made good points on how
    ending slavery would better the world and unify the country. I used direct quotes
    from this speech and helped me summarize how Nat Turner impacted the
    anti-slavery movement.
    "Theodore Dwight Weld, 1803-1895. American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a
    Thousand Witnesses." Theodore Dwight Weld, 1803-1895. American Slavery As
    It Is: Testimony

    of a Thousand Witnesses. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Jan. 2017.


    His journal entries furthered my understanding of how the abolitionists were
    helping Nat Turner. I used quotes and points made in the entries, also.

    Turner,

    Nat. "Nat Turner Quotes." BrainyQuote. Xplore, n.d. Web. 07 Jan. 2017.
    This website featured quotes said by Nat Turner himself. These quotes were quite
    useful in furthering my understanding of what kind of man Nat Turner was and
    why so many people joined his revolution.

    Secondary Sources:
    "The Birth of a Nation 'Nat Turner American Revolutionary' Featurette (2016)."
    YouTube. YouTube, 18 Sept. 2016. Web. 01 Jan. 2017.
    I used the content of this video to feature pictures and videos on my website.
    This video also helped me discover what other people thought of Nat Turner.
    History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 28 Dec. 2016.
    This video was not only great for background information, but it also furthered
    my understanding of what exactly happened in the weeks following the rebellion.
    I used a portion of this video in my website because the woman speaking captures
    what it was like during and after the revolution.
    "Nat Turner." Biography.com. A&E Networks Television, 01 Sept. 2016. Web. 29 Dec.
    2016.
    This information helped me develop my thesis and how his childhood and
    adolescence contributed to him becoming such a great leader in adulthood.

    "Nat Turner Questions." E-mail interview. 20 Nov. 2016.


    I asked Sarah Roth several questions on Nat Turner's life and why did he feel like
    he absolutely had to go through with the rebellion. She emphasized that Nat
    Turner worshiped the bible and if he wasnt well-educated his rebellion wouldnt
    have ever happened. I used her answers to build up information on my website.
    Roth, Sarah N. "Nat Turner Project." Nat Turner Project. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Jan. 2017
    This website has many useful documents and information . Also, it describes just
    how crazed for blood everyone was. I used journal entries and pictures from this
    website also.
    Styron, William. The Confessions of Nat Turner. New York: Random House, 1967. Print.
    This showed me what the rebellion was like from a different perspective and
    furthered my understanding on the reasons behind the rebellion. This book
    helped me write sections on the revolt and my thesis.

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