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In the Matter of Nat Turner - A Speculative History (Hardcover)
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In the Matter of Nat Turner - A Speculative History (Hardcover)
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A bold new interpretation of Nat Turner and the slave rebellion
that stunned the American South In 1831 Virginia, Nat Turner led a
band of Southampton County slaves in a rebellion that killed
fifty-five whites, mostly women and children. After more than two
months in hiding, Turner was captured, and quickly convicted and
executed. In the Matter of Nat Turner penetrates the historical
caricature of Turner as befuddled mystic and self-styled Baptist
preacher to recover the haunting persona of this legendary American
slave rebel, telling of his self-discovery and the dawning of his
Christian faith, of an impossible task given to him by God, and of
redemptive violence and profane retribution. Much about Turner
remains unknown. His extraordinary account of his life and
rebellion, given in chains as he awaited trial in jail, was written
down by an opportunistic white attorney and sold as a pamphlet to
cash in on Turner's notoriety. But the enigmatic rebel leader had
an immediate and broad impact on the American South, and his
rebellion remains one of the most momentous episodes in American
history. Christopher Tomlins provides a luminous account of
Turner's intellectual development, religious cosmology, and
motivations, and offers an original and incisive analysis of the
Turner Rebellion itself and its impact on Virginia politics.
Tomlins also undertakes a deeply critical examination of William
Styron's 1967 novel, The Confessions of Nat Turner, which restored
Turner to the American consciousness in the era of civil rights,
black power, and urban riots. A speculative history that recovers
Turner from the few shards of evidence we have about his life, In
the Matter of Nat Turner is also a unique speculation about the
meaning and uses of history itself.
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