The Confessions of Nat Turner - An Authentic Account of the Whole Insurrection - Nat Turner - Thomas R. Gray - FULL ACCOUNT INCLUDING CONFESSION - "The Confessions of Nat Turner, the leader of the late insurrection in Southampton, Virginia, as fully and voluntarily made to Thomas R. Gray, in the prison where he was confined, and acknowledged by him to be such when read before the Court of Southampton; with the certificate, under seal, of the Court convened at Jerusalem, November 5, 1831, for his trial. Also, an authentic account of the whole insurrection, with lists of the whites who were murdered, and of the negroes brought before the Court of Southampton, and there sentenced, &c. the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in conformity with an Act of Congress, entitled "An act to amend the several acts respecting Copy Rights."
The story that inspired the major motion picture The Birth of a Nation (2016)In the late summer of 1831, in a remote section of southeastern Virginia, there took place the...
Oh, I'm so miser'blel Ijest wants to die. But I'm skeered of dyin'. Kin all men have pride? Kin all men be redeemed?” “Yes,” I said, “all men can have pride. And all men can be redeemed—by baptism in the Spirit.
Set in 1831, "The Confessions Of Nat Turner" tells--in his own words--of a black man who awaits death in a Virginia jail cell. His name is Nat Turner and he...
The Confessions of Nat Turner is the key primary document supporting historical events. It is a first-hand account of Turner's confessions published by a local lawyer, Thomas Ruffin Gray, in 1831.
New to this edition is a significant excerpt from David Walker’s 1830 Appeal – a radical attack on slavery from a Boston based African American intellectual that circulated near the area of the rebellion and echoed key themes of The ...
Nat Turner, enslaved preacher and prophet, marshaled dozens of his followers for a violent revolt that left fifty-five white people dead in Southampton County, Virginia. As the myth of the...
The compelling story ranges over the whole of Nat's Life, reaching its inevitable and shattering climax that bloody day in August.
The central document in this volume — Nat Turner's confession follwing the rebellion in Virginia — is supported by newspaper articles, trial transcripts, and excerpts from the diary of Virginia governor John Floyd.
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The census of 1820 recorded two men in Moore's household engaged in manufacturing, suggesting that he operated a shop of some kind; U.S. Census, Southampton County, 1820, p. 122. Moore's tools probably were those listed in account of ...