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The Confessions of Nat Turner

by Nat Turner

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First published: 1831
Pages: 27

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The Confessions of Nat Turner is the 1831 pamphlet taken down by the lawyer Thomas R. Gray from Nat Turner (1800-1831) in his cell after the Virginia slave rebellion Turner led, the deadliest in American history. Turner, a literate enslaved preacher who believed himself called by visions, recounts the uprising in which some sixty white people died and the brutal reprisals that followed. Mediated through Gray's hand, it remains the central and most debated primary document of American slave revolt. Free PDF download available on BDeBooks.

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Nat Turner

Nat Turner is the central speaking figure in The Confessions of Nat Turner, an 1831 pamphlet shaped from statements recorded by lawyer Thomas R. Gray. Turner, an enslaved preacher in Southampton County, Virginia, recounts his religious convictions, leadership in an uprising, and the events that preceded his capture.

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