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The Confessions of Nat Turner The Leader of the Late Insurrections in Southampton, Va. As Fully and Voluntarily Made to Thomas R. Gray, in the Prison Where He Was Confined, and Acknowledged by Him to be Such when Read Before the Court of Southampton; With the Certificate, Under Seal of the Court Convened at Jerusalem, Nov. 5, 1831, For His Trial. Also, an Authentic Account of the Whole Insurrection.

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The Confessions of Nat Turner The Leader of the Late Insurrections in Southampton, Va. As Fully and Voluntarily Made to Thomas R. Gray, in the Prison Where He Was Confined, and Acknowledged by Him to be Such when Read Before the Court of Southampton; With the Certificate, Under Seal of the Court Convened at Jerusalem, Nov. 5, 1831, For His Trial. Also, an Authentic Account of the Whole Insurrection.

by Nat Turner

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THE - CONFESSIONS - OF - NAT TURNER, - THE LEADER OF THE LATE - INSURRECTIONS IN SOUTHAMPTON, VA. - As fully and voluntarily made to - THOMAS R. GRAY, - In the prison where he was confined, and acknowledged by him to be such when read before the Court of Southampton; with the certificate, under seal of the Court convened at Jerusalem, Nov. 5, 1831, for his trial. - ALSO, AN AUTHENTIC - ACCOUNT OF THE WHOLE INSURRECTION, - WITH LISTS OF THE WHITES WHO WERE MURDERED, - AND OF THE NEGROES BROUGHT BEFORE THE COURT OF SOUTHAMPTON, AND THERE SENTENCED, &c. - Baltimore: - PUBLISHED BY THOMAS R. GRAY.Lucas & Denver, print. - 1831

9:55

CONFESSION.

38:43

A list of persons murdered in the Insurrection, on the 21st and 22d of August, 1831.

0:45

A List of Negroes brought before the Court of Southampton, with their owners' names, and sentence.

2:19

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In this rare first‑hand account, the captured leader of a startling slave uprising sits with a prison official to recount the spark that ignited the rebellion. His words lay out a stark portrait of a world of secrecy and fervent belief, revealing the personal visions and grievances that propelled him to gather a desperate band of followers. The narrative unfolds with the quiet intensity of an interrogation, offering listeners a window into the mind of a man deemed both prophet and terror‑maker by his contemporaries.

Beyond the confession itself, the text provides an unsettling inventory of the violence that erupted, naming the white victims and cataloguing the enslaved individuals who faced trial. Listeners will hear the raw, unembellished language of a 19th‑century chronicler intent on satisfying a nation’s morbid curiosity, while also confronting the stark moral complexities of an event that still haunts American memory.

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The Confessions of Nat Turner The Leader of the Late Insurrections in Southampton, Va. As Fully and Voluntarily Made to Thomas R. Gray, in the Prison Where He Was Confined, and Acknowledged by Him to be Such when Read Before the Court of Southampton; With the Certificate, Under Seal of the Court Convened at Jerusalem, Nov. 5, 1831, For His Trial. Also, an Authentic Account of the Whole Insurrection. The Leader of the Late Insurrections in Southampton, Va. As Fully and Voluntarily Made to Thomas R. Gray, in the Prison Where He Was Confined, and Acknowledged by Him to be Such when Read Before the Court of Southampton; With the Certificate, Under Seal of the Court Convened at Jerusalem, Nov. 5, 1831, For His Trial. Also, an Authentic Account of the Whole Insurrection.

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~51 minutes (49K characters)

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Project Gutenberg

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Produced by Suzanne Shell, Bruce Thomas and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Release date

2005-03-12

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15333

Subjects

Turner, Nat, 1800?-1831 Southampton Insurrection, 1831 F206

About the author

Nat Turner

d. 1831

A preacher and enslaved man in Virginia, he led the 1831 Southampton uprising, the most consequential slave rebellion in U.S. history. His life and death became part of the long story of resistance to slavery in America.

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