The Confessions of Nat Turner: And Related Documents

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Kenneth S. Greenberg
Bedford/St. Martin's, Feb 15, 1996 - Biography & Autobiography - 148 pages
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 follwing the rebellion in Virginia — is supported by newspaper articles, trial transcripts, and excerpts from the diary of Virginia governor John Floyd.

About the author (1996)

Kenneth S. Greenberg is Distinguished Professor of History at Suffolk University. He is the author of Masters and Statesmen: The Political Culture of American Slavery and Honor and Slavery: Lies, Duels, Noses, Masks, Dressing as a Woman, Gifts, Strangers, Humanitarianism, Death, Slave Rebellions, the Proslavery Argument, Baseball, Hunting and Gambling in the Old South. He is co-writer and co-producer of the film Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property, nationally broadcast on PBS. He has also been awarded fellowships by the Charles Warren Center at Harvard, The National Endowment for the Humanities, and Harvard Law School."