Nat Turner’s confessions
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Nat Turner’s confessions are the recorded jailhouse accounts in which the leader of the 1831 Southampton County slave rebellion described his life, religious visions, and motivations for the uprising.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Confessions of Nat Turner (1831 pamphlet by Thomas R. Gray) | 1 |
| Nat Turner’s Confessions | 0 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical document
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jailhouse confession ⓘ legal testimony ⓘ primary source ⓘ slave narrative ⓘ |
| about |
1831 Southampton County slave rebellion
NERFINISHED
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Nat Turner NERFINISHED ⓘ apocalyptic Christianity ⓘ motives for slave rebellion ⓘ religious visions ⓘ slave resistance in the United States ⓘ |
| basedOn | interviews with Nat Turner in jail ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dateOfEventDescribed |
1831-08-21
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1831-08-22 ⓘ |
| dateOfPublication | 1831-11-05 ⓘ |
| describesEvent | Nat Turner’s slave rebellion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describesPlace | Southampton County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documentedIn | contemporary newspapers in 1831 ⓘ |
| editorialRole | Thomas R. Gray shaped and organized the narrative NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | printed pamphlet ⓘ |
| fullTitle | The Confessions of Nat Turner, the Leader of the Late Insurrection in Southampton, Va. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
legal pamphlet
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political document ⓘ religious narrative ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Thomas R. Gray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLegalContext | produced in the context of Virginia’s response to the rebellion ⓘ |
| hasNarrator | Nat Turner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Nat Turner’s reflections after capture
NERFINISHED
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account of Nat Turner’s religious visions ⓘ autobiographical narrative of Nat Turner’s early life ⓘ description of planning the rebellion ⓘ description of the course of the rebellion ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | first-person account mediated by an editor ⓘ |
| historicalReliabilityDebate | scholars debate the extent of Thomas R. Gray’s influence on the text ⓘ |
| influenced |
African American historiography
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later scholarship on slave resistance ⓘ literary depictions of Nat Turner ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| occasion | Nat Turner’s imprisonment after the 1831 rebellion ⓘ |
| pageCountApproximate | 24 ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | Baltimore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1831 ⓘ |
| publisher | Lucas & Deaver NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedBy | Thomas R. Gray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rights | public domain in the United States ⓘ |
| shortTitle | The Confessions of Nat Turner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAsSourceBy |
historians of American slavery
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legal historians studying slave law ⓘ religious historians studying black Christianity ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
The Confessions of Nat Turner (1831 pamphlet by Thomas R. Gray)