The confessions of Nat Turner
by William Styron
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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 eductated slave who feldt himself divinely ordained to annihilate all the white people in the region"--Jacket
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Race, African American men in fiction, Virginia in fiction, African Americans in fiction, Slave insurrections in fiction, Southampton Insurrection, 1831, Slavery, Fiction, Southampton Insurrection (1831) fast (OCoLC)fst01127265, Slaves in fiction, Turner, Nat, 1800?-1831 in fiction, Slaves, Slave insurrections, African American men, History, African Americans, Southampton Insurrection, 1831 in fiction, Turner, Nat, in fiction, Romance Norte Americano, Sklavenaufstand, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Virginia, fiction, Fiction, historical, general, Slaves, fiction, Turner, Nat, 1800?-1831, Biographical, collectionID:bannedbooks, Children's fiction, Slavery, fiction, Southampton, Insurrection de (1831), Romans, EsclavesPeople
Nat Turner (1800?-1831), Nat TurnerTimes
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The confessions of Nat Turner
2000, Rosetta Books
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The confessions of Nat Turner
1981, Bantam Books, Bantam Books, [1981, c1957].
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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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