The confessions of Nat Turner and related documents

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The confessions of Nat Turner and related documents / edited with an introduction by Kenneth S. Greenberg.

Greenberg, Kenneth S. (Added Author). Turner, Nat, 1800-1800?-1831. Confessions of Nat Turner. (Added Author).

Summary:

Careful study of the Nat Turner slave rebellion of 1831 reveals much about master, slaves, and the relationship between them in the antebellum South. The central document in this volume--Nat Turner's confession following the rebellion in Virginia--is supported by newspaper articles, trial transcripts, and excerpts from the diary of Virginia governor John Floyd. --Publisher description.

Record details

ISBN: 0312112076
ISBN: 0312160518 (hardcover)
ISBN: 9780312160517 (hardcover)
ISBN: 0312112076 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9780312112073 (pbk.)
Physical Description: xii, 148 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Publisher: Boston : Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press, c1996.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Introduction : The confessions of Nat Turner : text and context -- Part one. The document : The confessions of Nat Turner -- Part two. Related documents. 1. The Richmond Compiler, August 24, 1831 ; 2. The Constitutional Whig, August 29, 1831 ; 3. The Richmond Enquirer, August 30, 1831 ; 4. The Liberator, September 3, 1831 ; 5. The Constitutional Whig, September 3, 1831 ; 6. The Richmond Enquirer, September 20, 1831 ; 7. The Constitutional Whig, September 26, 1831 ; 8. The Norfolk Herald, November 4, 1831 ; 9. The Norfolk Herald, November 14, 1831 ; 10. Excerpts from the court records of Southampton County, 1831 ; 11. Nat Turner's trial record, excerpt from the court records of Southampton County, 1831 ; 12. Excerpts from the diary of Virginia Governor John Floyd, 1831-1832 ; 13. Letter from Virginia governor John Floyd to South Carolina governor James Hamilton, Jr., November 19, 1831 ; 14. Thomas R. Dew, "Abolition of negro slavery," September and December, 1832 -- Appendices. A Nat Turner chronology ; Questions for consideration ; Selected bibliography.