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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Nat Turner; Nat Turner; Nat Turner; Nat Turner; Nat Turner |
| Material Type: | Biography, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Kenneth S Greenberg |
| ISBN: | 0195134044 9780195134049 |
| OCLC Number: | 49699421 |
| Description: | xix, 289 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Name, face, body / Kenneth S. Greenberg -- The construction of The confessions of Nat Turner / David F. Almendinger, Jr.-- The event / Herbert Aptheker -- Covenant in Jerusalem / Thomas C. Parramore -- Symptoms of liberty and blackhead signposts: David Walker and Nat Turner / Vincent Harding -- A prophet in his own land: support for Nat Turner and his rebellion within Southampton's black community / Patrick H. Breen -- Reading, revelation, and rebellion: the textual communities of Gabriel, Denmark Vesey, and Nat Turner / James Sidbury -- Nat Turner in a hemispheric context / Douglas R. Egerton -- Nat Turner and sectional crisis / Louis P. Masur -- "What happened in this place?": In search of the female slave in the Nat Turner slave insurrection / Mary Kemp Davis -- Styron's choice: a meditation on history, literature, and moral imperatives / Charles Joyner -- Interview with William Styron -- Interview with Alvin F. Poussaint -- Epilogue: Nat Turner in Hollywood / Kenneth S. Greenberg. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Kenneth S. Greenberg. |
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<br>"An illuminating stew of antebellum Southern history, ethnic relations, and contemporary social literature."--Kirkus Reviews<br>"With the prospects of terror so much on our minds, the publication of this fascinating collection is especially appropriate. Kenneth Greenberg's engrossing introduction and the essays that follow explore from nearly every interpretive angle the dramatic events of Southampton County, Virginia (1831). The authors illustrate how a deep, incandescent loathing of slavery and desire for freedom led the visionary Turner and his slave band to slaughter white civilians, young and old, an effort that prompted equally terroristic vengeance by an outraged, frightened slaveholding population. Moral ambiguities abound, and the reader is compelled to ponder the tragedy of American race relations in a most profound way."--Bertram Wyatt-Brown, University of Florida<br>"Informed by much new work on the context of slave life and rebellion, an understanding of African Americ Read more...
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