The Confessions of Nat Turner, Thomas R. Gray
The Confessions of Nat Turner, Thomas R. Gray
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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

Author: Thomas R. Gray

Narrator: Leighton Harris

Unabridged: 1 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/12/2021

Synopsis

The late insurrection in Southampton has greatly excited the public mind, and led to a thousand idle, exaggerated and mischievous reports. It is the first instance in our history of an open rebellion of the slaves, and attended with such atrocious circumstances of cruelty and destruction, as could not fail to leave a deep impression, not only upon the minds of the community where this fearful tragedy was wrought, but throughout every portion of our country, in which this population is to be found. Public curiosity has been on the stretch to understand the origin and progress of this dreadful conspiracy, and the motives which influences its diabolical actors. The insurgent slaves had all been destroyed, or apprehended, tried and executed, (with the exception of the leader,) without revealing any thing at all satisfactory, as to the motives which governed them, or the means by which they expected to accomplish their object. Every thing connected with this sad affair was wrapt in mystery, until Nat Turner, the leader of this ferocious band, whose name has resounded throughout our widely extended empire, was captured.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Karen on June 11, 2008

Much has been made of this book, with criticism ranging from the extreme charge of racism to the milder implication that Styron, as a white man, could not capture Nat Turner's "blackness" the way a black writer could have. I don't wish to address this book within the context of these controversies.......more

Goodreads review by Jonfaith on April 24, 2015

By sword and ax and gun you run a swath through this county that will be long remembered. You did, as you say, come damn near to taking your army into this town. And in addition, as I think I told you before, you scared the entire South into a condition that may be described as well-nigh shitless. N......more

Goodreads review by Read By RodKelly on September 03, 2020

This was a difficult read, as any book about the atrocities of slavery will be. What further complicates the reading of this novel is the fact of its author's whiteness, as well as the (non) issue of the artistic license that Styron took in his attempt to grapple with a subject that had tormented hi......more

Goodreads review by Sasha on October 07, 2016

In 1831 Nat Turner led the largest slave uprising in American history, murdering 60 white men, women and children with a mob of slaves in Virginia. Some dude went and interviewed him in prison, and this claims to be his first-person account of his life and revolt. The motives of the dude - a white sl......more

Goodreads review by Jim on February 15, 2018

I'm tempted to give this 1 star, but it does hold some historical perspectives that are worth reading. Just be aware that Styron twisted some facets of history around & subscribed unsupportable motivations to Turner, a religious fanatic & a lunatic, by his own words to Thomas Ruffin Gray. Gray was t......more

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