Nat Turner

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The Confessions of Nat Turner

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Assorted References

African Americans
- In African Americans: Slavery in the United States
document: confession, 1831
- In The Confessions of Nat Turner
effect on pre-Civil War social attitudes
- In United States: Sectionalism and slavery
history of Virginia
- In Virginia: Independence and statehood
involvement in slave rebellion
- In slave rebellions
- In slavery: Slave protest

Additional Reading

F. Roy Johnson, The Nat Turner Slave Insurrection (1966); Stephen B. Oates, The Fires of Jubilee: Nat Turner’s Fierce Rebellion (1975, reissued 1990).

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Add new Web site: Texas Woman's University - Nat Turner and His Rebellion (PDF).	Emily Rodriguez	Jan 13, 2025
	Anniversary information added.		Nov 07, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Sep 28, 2024
	Added cross-reference to The Confessions of Nat Turner and a photograph of Nat Turner's Bible.	Mindy Johnston	Sep 27, 2024
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Apr 12, 2024
	Add new Web site: Encyclopedia Virginia - Nat Turner's Revolt.	Aakanksha Gaur	Jul 04, 2022
	Add new Web site: American Battlefield Trust - Nat Turner.	Aakanksha Gaur	Jul 04, 2022
	Changed “black” to “Black” throughout article.	Adam Augustyn	Sep 17, 2020
	Top Questions updated.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Aug 30, 2019
	Add new Web site: Facts about Famous People - Nat Turner Facts and Biography.	Emily Rodriguez	May 07, 2019
	Add new Web site: Education at Library of Virginia - Biography of Nat Turner.	Emily Rodriguez	May 07, 2019
	Add new Web site: Famous Africans Americans - Biography of Nat Turner.	Gloria Lotha	Jun 28, 2016
	Add new Web site: BlackPast.org - Biography of Nat Turner.	Gloria Lotha	May 19, 2014
	Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Biography of Nat Turner.	Aakanksha Gaur	Jul 19, 2013
	In the introductory statement, changed "bondsman" to "slave."	Amy Tikkanen Mike Abram	Aug 22, 2011
	Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Biography of Nat Turner.	Shiveta Singh	Nov 07, 2008
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998