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In the matter of Nat Turner : a speculative history /

A bold new interpretation of Nat Turner and the slave rebellion that stunned the American SouthIn 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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:	Libro Electrónico
Autor principal:	Tomlins, Christopher L., 1951- (Autor)
Formato:	Electrónico eBook
Idioma:	Inglés
Publicado:	Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2020]
Temas:	Turner, Nat, > 1800?-1831. Turner, Nat, > 1800?-1831 > Religion. Turner, Nat, > 1800?-1831 HISTORY > United States > 19th Century. Religion Virginia > Politics and government > 1775-1865. Virginie > Politique et gouvernement > 1775-1865. 100 Greatest African Americans. Carlo Ginzburg. Civil War history. Civil War. David F. Allmendinger Jr. Denmark Vesey. Dred. Extraordinary Black Americans. Frederick Douglass. From Colonial to Contemporary Times. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Henry Box Brown. Kyle Baker graphic novel. Molefi Kete Asante. Nat Turner and the Rising in Southampton County. Nat Turner in Jerusalem. Nathan Alan Davis. Patrick H. Breen. Scot French. Solomon Northup. Susan Altman. The Birth of a Nation. The Cheese and the Worms. The Land Shall Be Deluged in Blood. The Rebellious Slave. Thomas Ruffin Gray. Toni Morrison. Twelve Years a Slave. abolition. abolitionism. slavery.
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Frontmatter
Contents
Preface
Prologue. What's Past?
Chapter 1. Confessions: Of Text and Paratext
Chapter 2. Reading Luke in Southampton County
Chapter 3. The Shudder of the Thought
Chapter 4. The Work of Death: Massacre, Retribution
Chapter 5. On the Guilt of Fragile Sovereigns
Chapter 6. Revulsions of Capital: Virginia, 1829-32
Epilogue. Demonic Ambiguities
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index

In the matter of Nat Turner : a speculative history /

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