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Nat Turner and the rising in Southampton County /

"In August 1831, in Southampton County, Virginia, Nat Turner led a bloody uprising that took the lives of some fifty-five white people--men, women, and children--shocking the South. Nearly as many black people, all told, perished in the rebellion and its aftermath. Nat Turner and the Rising in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Allmendinger, David F.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: the key account
  • Part I. Masters
  • A history of motives
  • Lines of descent: the Turners
  • Alliances: Turner, Francis, Reese
  • Successors: Capt. Moore and Mr. Travis
  • Part II. The rising
  • The inner circle
  • The zigzag course
  • Toward the town
  • The rising
  • Suppression
  • Part III. Telling evidence
  • The inquiry
  • Confession
  • Closing scenes.