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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.

Kenneth S. Greenberg is chair of the history department at Suffolk University. His research focuses on slavery and the master class of the Old South. He is the author of Masters and Statesmen: The Political Culture of American Slavery (1985) and the forthcoming Honor and Slavery: Lies, Duels, Noses, Masks, Dressing as a Woman, Gifts, Strangers, Humanitarianisms, Death, Slave Rebellions, the Proslavery Argument, Baseball, Hunting and Gambling in the Old South. Greenberg has been a fellow at the Charles Warren Center and a fellow in law and history at Harvard University.

Foreword

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Preface

vii

INTRODUCTION The Confessions of Nat Turner: Text and Context

1

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PART ONE The Document: The Confessions of Nat Turner

37

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PART TWO Related Documents

59

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1. The Richmond Compiler, August 24, 1831

61

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2. The Constitutional Whig, August 29, 1831

63

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3. The Richmond Enquirer, August 30, 1831

67

(2)

4. The Liberator, September 3, 1831

69

(3)

5. The Constitutional Whig, September 3, 1831

72

(5)

6. The Richmond Enquirer, September 20, 1831

77

(1)

7. The Constitutional Whig, September 26, 1831

78

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8. The Norfolk Herald, November 4, 1831

88

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9. The Norfolk Herald, November 14, 1831

90

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10. Excerpts from the Court Records of Southampton County, 1831

91

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11. Nat Turner's Trial Record, Excerpt from the Court Records of Southampton County, 1831

101

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12. Excerpts from the Diary of Virginia Governor John Floyd, 1831-1832

103

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13. Letter from Virginia Governor John Floyd to South Carolina Governor James Hamilton, Jr., November 19, 1831

109

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14. Thomas R. Dew, "Abolition of Negro Slavery," September and December, 1832

112

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APPENDICES

132

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A Nat Turner Chronology

132

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Questions for Consideration

138

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Selected Bibliography

140

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Index

144

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The Confessions of Nat Turner and Related Documents

The Confessions of Nat Turner and Related Documents

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