Nikkalus+Davis

=Name:Kodak Williams= I am 25 years old. I am from Philedilphila and I am a free black man. My father is Denmark Vesey and my realitive is Nat Turner. I am against slavery and feel that it is my duty to help free most enslaved blacks.

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Entry Number 1:Denmark Vesey
Dear Journal, Today my father, Denmark Vesey was tried and hung. I knew it would end this way because of the way my father dispised every aspect of slavery. My father had it made up in his head that he was going to start a full-fledge war using armed slaves to kill all white slave owners in the city of Charleston, South Carolina. In 1822, after many years of planning my father idea to attack and liberate the city was revaled by a forced confession by a slave named Peter Prioleau. That led to my fathers capture and several others. Now South Caorlina has passed a law that all free blacks are banned from returning too the city due to my father revolt. Now that this has occured I know what i must do. I think it was a brave thing my father did. I just dont think they should have killed my father because he didnt kill anyone. I am now going to follow in my father foot steps and try to free all the enslaved blacks. I also think my father should have picked his follwers better. I say that because one of his follwer told on him and got him caught. Now that South Carolina has passed the law that freed black cant come back to the states it is going to be hard for me to help free the enslaved blacks.

Entry Number 2:Nat Turner
Dear Journal, Today my realitive Nat Turner was captured and executed. Like my father he ploted a revolt but his plans were not stopped before they begun. Unlike my father Nat was a slave that beleived he was the chosen one that would free him and his brethren. His revolt is America most famous and most violent act involving slaves resistance. On August 21, 1831 Nat and six other slaves killed Nat's master and his masters family in South Hampton County, Virgina. Nat's number of follwers grew as he went on killing a total of 60 white slave owners, including their wives and kids. Then federal and Virginia troopers encountered Nat and the other slaves. Slaves not even involved with the revolt were killed.An estimated amount of 100 slaves were killed but Nat managed to escape. Nat hid in the swamps for three months but made a dumb desicion and got captured and that led to his execution on October 30, 1831. I think my realitive Nat Turner is a very crazy and brave to kill all them slave owners to help free all them enslave blacks. Nat chose his people better then my father because none of the people with him didn't tell on him. The only mistake he made was letting all his people get caught by the Virginia troopers. One thing that still got me wondering is how did he get to hide so long in the swamps and not get caught and what made him get caught. Like i said before i know what i must do follow in the family footsteps and kill all the white slave owners.

Entry Number 3:Fugitive Slave Act
Dear Journal, Today they passed the Fugitives Slave Act of 1850. There are ten sections in this new law. It forced people in the north to return slaves if they seen them. They went agaisnt the citizens rights and deputized them and they couldn't resign from the position. Before the law was passed the northeners didn't care if they saw slaves run away. If you were deputized got paid for every slave the caught so even if you wasn't a slave you could be put in to slavery. My thoughts on this whol thing is that, they just make up new laws just to have something to do. I think it was wrong how they just went agaisnt peoples rights. I think that when they brought people that were not even slaves in. I think that the northeners should still do what they used to do before the law was passed. Thats what i think about it.