The revolt was led by a remarkable Negro preacher named Nat Turner, an educated slave who felt himself divinely ordained to annihilate all the white people in the region. The Confessions of Nat Turner is narrated by Nat himself as he lingers in jail through the cold autumnal days before his www.doorway.ru by: CONFESSIONS OF NAT TURNER, THE LEADER OF THE LATE INSURRECTION IN SOUTHAMPTON, VA. 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, Nov. 5, , for his trial. The Confessions of Nat Turner, by William Styron, is a work of historical fiction that won the Pulitzer Prize in The first-person account of the Virginia slave revolt begins and ends in the prison where Nat Turner, an African American slave, was held before, during, and following his trial. Turner awaits execution as the leader of the two-day slave rebellion that started in Southampton County and ended .
"The Confessions of Nat Turner" Resource Bank Contents: Nat Turner was imprisoned in the Southampton County Jail, where he was interviewed by Thomas R. Gray, a Southern physician. Out of. lem,onSaturdaythe5thdayofNovember,,forthetrialofNat alias Nat Turner, a negro slave,late thepropertyof Putnam Moore, deceased, whowas tried and convicted,as aninsurgent inthelatein-. Nat Turner was an enslaved African-American preacher who led a four-day rebellion of enslaved and free black people in Southampton County, Virginia in Turner was recorded simply as "Nat" by Benjamin Turner, the man enslaving this family. When Turner died in , Nat was inherited as property by Benjamin's son Samuel Turner.
The revolt was led by a remarkable Negro preacher named Nat Turner, an educated slave who felt himself divinely ordained to annihilate all the white people in the region. The Confessions of Nat Turner is narrated by Nat himself as he lingers in jail through the cold autumnal days before his execution. The Confessions of Nat Turner is a Pulitzer Prize -winning novel by American writer William Styron. Presented as a first-person narrative by historical figure Nat Turner, the novel concerns the slave revolt in Virginia in It is based on The Confessions of Nat Turner: The Leader of the Late Insurrection in Southampton, Virginia, a first-hand account of Turner's confessions published by a local lawyer, Thomas Ruffin Gray, in The Confessions of Nat Turner, by William Styron, is a work of historical fiction that won the Pulitzer Prize in The first-person account of the Virginia slave revolt begins and ends in the prison where Nat Turner, an African American slave, was held before, during, and following his trial. Turner awaits execution as the leader of the two-day slave rebellion that started in Southampton County and ended with the death of approximately 55 whites—men, women, and children.
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