Nat Turner A Slave Rebellion in History and Memory

Name: Nat Turner A Slave Rebellion in History and Memory
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ISBN: 9780195177565

ISBN-10: 0195177568

ISBN-13: 9780195177565

Edition: 2004

Authors: Kenneth S. Greenberg

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Nat Turner's name rings through American history with a force all its own. Leader of the most important slave rebellion on these shores, murderer of unarmed men and women, beacon of freedom, religious fanatic-this contradictory figure represents all the terrible complexities of American slavery. And yet, writes Kenneth Greenberg, we do not know what he looked like, where he is buried, or even whether Nat Turner was his real name. In Nat Turner, Greenberg gathers twelve distinguished scholars to offer provocative new insight into the man, his rebellion, and his time. The historians here explore Turner's slave community, discussing the support for his uprising as well as the religious and…

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List price: $32.99
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/21/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 312
Size: 9.02" wide x 6.10" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



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Introduction




The Search for Nat Turner



Name, Face, Body




The Construction of The Confessions of Nat Turner




Stories of the Rebellion



The Event




Covenant in Jerusalem




Communities and Contexts



Symptoms of Liberty and Blackhead Signposts: David Walker and Nat Turner




A Prophet in His Own Land: Support for Nat Turner and His Rebellion within Southampton's Black Community




Reading, Revelation, and Rebellion: The Textual Communities of Gabriel, Denmark Vesey, and Nat Turner




Nat Turner in a Hemispheric Context




Nat Turner and Sectional Crisis




"What Happened in This Place?": In Search of the Female Slave in the Nat Turner Slave Insurrection




Memory



Styron's Choice: A Meditation on History, Literature, and Moral Imperatives




Interview with William Styron



Interview with Alvin F. Poussaint, M.D.


Epilogue: Nat Turner in Hollywood



Notes