The Fires of Jubilee: Nat Turner's Fierce Rebellion

Antiracism and Black Self-Defense in the Face of (Juridical) Catastrophe

“…12 See, for example, Osterweil, In Defense of Looting. (Osterweil 2020) 13 Some notable examples include, but are not limited to, Aptheker, Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion; Barr, "The Black Militia of the New South"; Hill, Deacons for Defense; Horne, The Counter-Revolution of 1776; Johnson, Negroes and the Gun; Muntaqim, On the Black Liberation Army; Williams, Negroes with Guns (Aptheker 2006;Barr 1978;Hill 2006;Horne 2016;Johnson 2014;Muntaqim 2002;Williams 2013). 14 Kautzer makes a similar distinction, between legal and natural rights, albeit along a white/non-white binary, whereas we are situating our analysis along a black/non-black binary.…”