The Confessions of Nat Turner: And Related Documents (Bedford Books in American History) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312112076 ISBN 13: 9780312112073

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 1996

Synopsis

The Confessions of Nat Turner This textbook offers the complete text of the actual confessions of Nat Turner, the Virginia slave preacher who in 1831 led the bloodiest slave revolt in US history. An introduction provides the historical context for the revolt and allows students to consider problems suggested by the document.

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Review:

"Professor Greenberg has done a polished and fascinating treatment of the topic.... Most praise worthy is the way in which he deals with issues of evidence and interpretation in a very sophisticated yet fundamental way to make the whole question of documents and their uses a provocative adventure for the student/reader."

About the Author:

Kenneth S. Greenberg is Distinguished Professor of History at Suffolk University. He is the author of Masters and Statesmen: The Political Culture of American Slavery and Honor and Slavery: Lies, Duels, Noses, Masks, Dressing as a Woman, Gifts, Strangers, Humanitarianism, Death, Slave Rebellions, the Proslavery Argument, Baseball, Hunting and Gambling in the Old South. He is co-writer and co-producer of the film Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property, nationally broadcast on PBS. He has also been awarded fellowships by the Charles Warren Center at Harvard, The National Endowment for the Humanities, and Harvard Law School."

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0312112076
• ISBN 13: 9780312112073
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128
• Editor: Greenberg Kenneth S.