17/43 27. 28.] When Nat Turner appeared, the education of the Negro had made the way somewhat easier for him than it was for his predecessors. Negroes who could read and write had before them the revolutionary ideas of the French, the daring deeds of Toussaint L'Ouverture, the bold attempt of General Gabriel, and the far-reaching plans of Denmark Vesey. These were sometimes written up in the abolition literature, the circulation of which was so extensive among the slaves that it became a national question.[1] [Footnote 1: These organs were _The Albany Evening Journal, The New York Free Press, The Genius of Universal Emancipation_, and _The Boston Liberator_. See _The Richmond Enquirer_, Oct. |