In the matter of Nat Turner : a speculative history / Christopher Tomlins.

In 1831 Virginia, Nat Turner led a band of Southampton County slaves in a rebellion that killed fifty-five whites, mostly women and children. After more than two months in hiding, Turner was captured, and quickly convicted and executed. This work penetrates the historical caricature of Turner as bef...

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Online Access: Full Text (via University Press Scholarship Online)
Main Author: Tomlins, Christopher L., 1951- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2020.
Series:Princeton scholarship online.
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