His books include the confessions of nat turner, sophies choice. After his capture and arrest on october 30, 1831, nat turner was imprisoned in the southampton county jail, where he. William styron 19252006, a native of the virginia tidewater, was a graduate of duke university and a veteran of the us marine corps. The confessions of nat turner nat turner ebook all. The confessions of nat turner, novel by william styron, published in 1967 and awarded the pulitzer prize for fiction in 1968. The confessions of nat turner is william styrons complex and richly drawn imagining of nat turner, the leader of the 1831 slave rebellion in virginia that led to the deaths of almost sixty men, women, and children. The confessions of nat turner ebook download free pdf.
Download the confessions of nat turner study guide subscribe now. A faithful transcription of the confessions of nat tur. The confessions of nat turner, the leader of the late insurrection in southampton, virginia, as fully and voluntarily made to thomas r. The confessions of nat turner is a 1967 pulitzer prizewinning novel by american writer william styron. Nat turner 18001831 was known to his local fellow servants in southampton county as the prophet. His name is nat turner, and he is a slave, a preacher, and the leader of the only effective slave revolt in the history of that peculiar. Picture of the back dust jacket flap for the confessions of nat turner. Includes bibliographical references and index introduction. Gray, in the prison where he was confined, and acknowledged by him to be such when read before the court of southampton. William styron had the misfortune to publish the confessions of nat turner in the late 1960s. Careful study of the nat turner slave rebellion of 1831 reveals much about master, slaves, and the relationship between them in the antebellum south. His books include lie down in darkness, the long march, set this house on fire, the confessions of nat turner, sophies choice, this quiet dust, darkness visible, and a tidewater morning.
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