Nathaniel “Nat” Turner was born in Southampton County, Virginia on October 2, 1800, the son of slaves owned by Benjamin Turner, a prosperous farmer. Taught to read by the son of his owner, Turner studied Christianity which he interpreted as condemning slavery. Turner also began to believe that God had chosen him to free his people from slavery. He soon became known among fellow slaves as “The Prophet.”
Turner was sold to slaveholder Joseph Travis in 1830. Less than a year after the sale, Turner received what he assumed was a sign from God when he witnessed the eclipse of the sun. After sharing this experience with a few close friends, they began to plan an insurrection. While still planning the uprising, Turner saw that the color of the sun had changed to a bluish-green, which he believed was the final sign to initiate the uprising. With this confidence, Turner and seven other slaves moved forward with their plans. They first murdered the entire Travis family and eventually fifty whites in the futile effort to incite a general slave uprising. Only 75 slaves and free blacks joined the rebellion.
They were soon pursued by over 3,000 members of the state militia. Turner and his followers were confronted by militiamen. One was killed and the others were captured. The rebellion was over in 48 hours. Turner escaped and eluded Virginia authorities for two months but was finally captured and tried for insurrection and murder. He was executed six days after his trial on November 5, 1831. In retaliation for the abortive rebellion, nearly two hundred innocent slaves were killed.
Although Nat Turner did not end slavery as he may have hoped, he nonetheless shook the institution to its core. Pro-slavery advocates began calling for greater restrictions on free blacks and slaves in the South and made more demands on Northern whites to cease their interference with the servile institution. Northern abolitionists, however, viewed the uprising differently and intensified their efforts to end slavery throughout the nation.
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Not sad, not happy, the one and only emote that can sum up my emotions right now is:
Give it another hour or two and a couple more shots and I'll be crying though
It sounds like you're struggling with depression. I don't have any easy solutions for that. But I know that a lot of people have experienced genuine improvement through therapy and medication.
I appreciate but I have tried both and neither worked
Antidepressants gave me really bad anger problems
No the reason I'm depressed can't be medicated or talked away, our world is rotten to the core and once you find out just how bad it is there is no going back
A lot of people have reckoned with the absurdity of existence without feeling as bad as you do. You shouldn't feel like it is necessary for you to feel bad, you deserve happiness the same as anyone else.
I don't really know what to do to be happy though
Tbh the only think that makes me feel better is getting really drunk
I'm very sorry you feel that way, and I wish I could help you. Is there really nothing but inebriation that makes you feel any joy?
idk the only other thing that makes me happy is hanging out with my friends but I;m so much more talkative whern drunk
I think we all are. But I think it's a good thing thst hanging out with your friends brings you joy, and I think focusing on that as a source of joy is healthier than thinking there can be no joy.
I do wish you happiness though.
Tbh, trying to be happy isn't the way to happiness.
please elaborate
I gotta sleep soon, so I don't wanna type up a paragraph here. Remind me tomorrow and I will!
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Relatable. I had something else written but it was turning into a rant lol
Things are so bad rn. For a while, I thought there was just something wrong with me and I just needed to find the right combo of medication/therapy/(m/gr)indset so I could stop wanting to leave this world and be happy. Eventually, I came to the same and correct conclusion that you did. Still unhappy but better than before.
I just try to keep in mind that this shit can't go on forever. Things just keep getting worse, possible world-ending conflicts, climate catastrophe, prices going up, etc. Eventually something has to break, right? Shit has never been worse yet the potential for something better has never been greater. I try to organize politically but idk... we cook revolution but we maybe also just have to try to carve out our own space with our friends and comrades and just try to make it until this world dies and something else comes out of it.
Anyway, it's not much but I really hope it helps even a little bit.