Going back to my other point, again, I think she knows that it is not as simple as appealing to someone's morals, because if that were the case she could have stuck with the previous paragraph and that would have been enough to argue her case. She knows that she cannot leave these women feeling attacked if she wants them to convince the men in their lives to join the cause as well. I think she is fully aware that "moral suasion" is simply not enough and will not be enough, so that affects her tone and voice in the rest of this piece.

I find it interesting that she has to open her opinion on feelings on a subject that at its core is wrong, with a lot of sugar coating to avoid alienating her audience. She is appealing to white, Christian, women, so one would think that they would be able to relate to her feelings that are "the result of conviction and duty" in regards to slavery. However, it is clear that that is not the case, and she is fully aware of what needs to be said to these women in order to even have a shot of appealing to them and their beliefs, in hopes of convincing them that this is wrong.

This is interesting to read from a Christian perspective, because we as Christians believe that we can never truly be perfect. We are made in God's image and work to be like Him, but that does not necessarily mean that we have made it. I think this mindset as well as being told that he was too smart and valuable to be a slave led to him feeling it was ok to act on what he had been "ordered by God" to do.

This is the quote that I feel shows the most the mental illness that Turner was experiencing. He is reflecting back on his childhood memories and I think this is where some of the trauma likely came from, especially with being enslaved. In addition, I think some of it may be rooted in religion, as he seems to be fixated on the religious reality that he has created in his mind. Possibly that he was taught growing up that his god is a harshly judgmental god, and those who sin need to be punished for their actions, and now he has been ordered to do the punishing. This narrative is scary and intimidating, and why the guess that he is mentally ill makes the most sense.

It's crazy to me that there are still people who believe this. That without being "saved" this is the fate that has been sealed for that particular believer. It is interesting how much opinions and tactics have changed in a mere 20 years or less.

Reading this section, it makes me chuckle to myself a little, because the church has taken a completely different approach when it comes to speaking to those that are not Christians and even also those that are. We preach "God loves you no matter what you do He will never forsake you" and things of that nature. It is almost as if they started with this method, and someone made the decision "ok, the fear thing isn't quite working as well as we'd like, let's try the complete opposite approach and see what happens," and here we are today with modern Christianity. However, many Christians still have this authoritarian figure image of God, just like in this particular piece, it's just a matter of being in a different environment and changing the narrative.