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Turner's Argumentative Essay

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Larry, Beautifully written! You stated, “Genovese justified the killing of the women and children,” I could never justify the killing of women and children, no matter the race, just as I could not justify the institution of slavery. Another great point you made is, “since Gray was the only one present during the confession, there is doubt as to whether Turner spoke those words”. There were no other witness to justify or discredit his claim, and all involved were executed, except for the few that managed to hide or escape from Nat Turner, and I don’t believe they would understand why he would do what he did, to the extent he did. The essay stated that Nat learn how to read and write however, he was a slave and the sophisticated language said

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