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Nat Turner's slave rebellion : including the 1831 "Confessions" / Herbert Aptheker ; preface to the Dover edition by Bettina Aptheker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Aptheker, Herbert, 1915-2003.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nat Turner's Rebellion, Virginia, 1831.
- Turner, Nat, 1800?-1831.
- Turner, Nat.
- Enslaved persons--Virginia--Southampton County--Biography.
- Enslaved persons.
- Virginia--Southampton County.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 152 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications, 2006.
- Summary:
- The first, full-length study of the bloodiest slave uprising in U.S. history, this meticulously researched document explores the nature of southern society in the early 19th century and the conditions that led to the rebellion. Described by the "Journal of American History" as "a thorough and scholarly treatment," Aptheker's book includes Turner's "Confession," recorded before his execution in 1831.
- Notes:
- Originally published: New York : Humanities Press, 1966.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contains:
- Turner, Nat, 1800?-1831. Confessions of Nat Turner.
- ISBN:
- 0486452727
- 9780486452722
- OCLC:
- 70129213
- Online:
- Publisher description
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