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Nat Turner
"A companion to the PBS documentary Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property"--Cover.
Nat Turner and the Rising in Southampton County
In August 1831, in Southampton County, Virginia, Nat Turner led a bloody uprising that took the lives of some fifty-five white people—men, women, and children—shocking the South. Nearly as many black people, all told, perished in the rebellion and its aftermath. Nat Turner and the Rising in Southampton County presents important new evidence about the violence and the community in which it took place, shedding light on the insurgents and victims and reinterpreting the most important account of that event, The Confessions of Nat Turner. Drawing upon largely untapped sources, David F. Allmendinger Jr. reconstructs the lives of key individuals who were drawn into the uprising and shows how t...
Nat Turner
Presents a biography of the slave and preacher who, believing that God wanted him to free the slaves, led a major revolt in 1831.
The Confessions of Nat Turner
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Confessions of Nat Turner" by Nat Turner. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Nat Turner
This eBook explores the life and legacy of Nat Turner; leader of the 1831 slave rebellion in Southampton, Virginia.
In the Matter of Nat Turner
A bold new interpretation of Nat Turner and the slave rebellion that stunned the American South In 1831 Virginia, Nat Turner led a band of Southampton County slaves in a rebellion that killed fifty-five whites, mostly women and children. After more than two months in hiding, Turner was captured, and quickly convicted and executed. In the Matter of Nat Turner penetrates the historical caricature of Turner as befuddled mystic and self-styled Baptist preacher to recover the haunting persona of this legendary American slave rebel, telling of his self-discovery and the dawning of his Christian faith, of an impossible task given to him by God, and of redemptive violence and profane retribution. Mu...
The Rebellious Slave
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Nat Turner and Slave Life on a Southern Plantation
The story of Nat Turner and the slave rebellion he led are brought to life in this book. Drawn in by the graphic format, even reluctant readers will be interested in learning about history. Also includes an introduction, biographical sketches of main characters, and a timeline.
The Confessions of Nat Turner
The “magnificent” Pulitzer Prize–winning and #1 New York Times–bestselling novel about the preacher who led America’s bloodiest slave revolt (The New York Times). The Confessions of Nat Turner is William Styron’s complex and richly drawn imagining of Nat Turner, the leader of the 1831 slave rebellion in Virginia that led to the deaths of almost sixty men, women, and children. Published at the height of the civil rights movement, the novel draws upon the historical Nat Turner’s confession to his attorney, made as he awaited execution in a Virginia jail. This powerful narrative, steeped in the brutal and tragic history of American slavery, reveals a Turner who is neither a hero n...
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