The confessions of Nat Turner
1st Vintage international ed.
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Word Count
113,750 words, Guess
Page Count
455 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1566692M
- ISBN-100679736638
- OCLC Control Number287279
- OCLC Control Number3561562
- OCLC Control Number26159982
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- Internet Archiveconfessionsofnat0000styr_y4h3
- Library of Congress Control Number91050738
- Goodreads577283
- LibraryThing7336
Classifications
- DDC813/.54
- LCCPS3569.T9 C6 1992
Description
This is a controversial historical novel purporting to tell the story of Nat Turner, a black American slave who led a large slave revolt in Virginia in 1831. The novel attempts to explore the reasons for the bloodthirsty revolt in which Turner and his followers killed a number of white plantation owners before being apprehended, tried and hanged.
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In the late summer of 1831, in a remote section of southeastern Virginia, there took place the only effective, sustained revolt in the annals of American Negro slavery. 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. This story is narrated by Nat himself as he lingers in jail through the cold autumnal days before his execution. The compelling story ranges over the whole of Nat's life, reaching its inevitable and shattering climax that bloody day in August.
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