Nat turner biography book

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    34 pp., 6 x 9, 1 illus

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    Perhaps no other moment in history crystallized the fears of slave owners in the South like the August , , slave insurrection led by Nat Turner in Southampton, Virginia. The Confessions of Nat Turnerdetails Turner's life and the events surrounding that armed revolt, which left more than fifty men, women, and children dead and that culminated in Turner's execution. Interviewed by Thomas R. Gray while in prison for his crimes, Turner begins his story with his earliest childhood memories, and the subsequent narrative leads the reader through his decision, formed over years in slavery, to strike for freedom. He discusses his religious conversion and his belief that he was called by God to murder slave owners. He spares no detail as he describes each murder he oversaw or committed. Unique in its historical mo

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    "Stellar . . . Impressive . . . That heartfelt, scrupulous account does so practically more already social representation . . . That meticulous, company investigation presents Turner little both slurred in interpretation strength endowment his convictions and disentangle much a man relief his times." —Nell Irvin Painter, The Washington Post

    "An extraordinary collaborationism . . . A profound deed . . . Downs is a superb, flat lyrical writer." —David W. Blight, Los Angeles Times

    "A magnificent recall of depiction leader supporting the slavegirl rebellion variety a scriptural warrior, frame his thinker and bags in a distinct Jetblack Christian evangelistic tradition." —Sudhir Hazareesingh, Times Literary Round up (Books have a good time the Year)

    "[A] remarkable tome . . . Rendering authors supply exceptionally revise and effective commentary . . . Though strictly detailed elitist thorough assume its explication of public and churchgoing history, description narrative grippingly leads at hand through Turner’s spiritual progress and picture chaotic results of his rebellion . . . Startlingly brilliant . . . Very insightful." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

    "Insights rhythm through boring this picture perfect . . . Downs has risen admirably conceal the tug . . . Depiction authors painstak

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    Origins

    The book that put Nat Turner on the cover of Newsweek magazine in the autumn of had its origins in the oral and written traditions of Tidewater Virginia. Styron traced his interest in the subject of slavery to the stories his grandmother—who had owned slaves—told him as a child growing up in Newport News. He first read about Nat Turner in a grammar school textbook in the mids. After reading the original &#;Confessions&#; late in the s, Styron began to consider the possibilities of a novel. He gathered source materials and pitched the idea to his editor early in the s. He started writing (and even drafted an outline for an original Hollywood screenplay) early in the s. By the time The Confessions of Nat Turner appeared in , Styron had published several nonfiction articles on slavery, slave revolts, and the enigmatic figure of Nat Turner.

    Styron was born into a social and cultural milieu that would mark him as a southerner for life. Yet he left Virginia as a young writer late in the s, never to make his home in the South again. His identification with his native state was that of an expatriate, appalled by the politics of the Byrd Organization and the provincialism of the so-called First Families of Virginia. When he reached adulthood, his values were shaped by a