The Confessions of Nat Turner

Thomas Gray included in “The Confessions of Nat Turner” a letter addressed to the public in which he reassured the white slave owners that the revolt was “the offspring of gloomy fanaticism” (Greenberg 42). Therefore, the reader can conclude that many passages in the confessions were entirely focused on distorting Nat Turner to fit the description of a religious fanatic rather than to give the true narrative of the slave leader. In “Blake, or, The Huts of America,” Delany challenged Gray’s portrayal

The Confessions of Nat Turner Throughout history people have published articles and books in order to sway the public to their side. Rulers such as Stalin and Mao used propaganda to keep themselves in power; people such as Thomas Paine used articles in order to start revolution. Thomas R. Gray, author of The Confessions of Nat Turner, had that power when he interviewed Turner. Although The Confessions of Nat Turner is supposedly the words of Turner himself, we have

The term “confession” is most often used to convey one of two meanings. It either refers to a formal statement admitting that one is guilty of a crime or ashamed of some action, or to a formal admission of one's sins with repentance and desire of absolution. The inseparability of Nat Turner’s religious views from the slave rebellion detailed in Nat Turner’s Confessions intensify the ambiguous exegesis of the text and the title of the work. In the month of August, 1831, Nat Turner and a select number

Murder should never be justified with religion. In The Confessions of Nat Turner, Nat says that the Spirit said he should kill his enemies. Whether the Spirit actually spoke to Nat, nobody will ever really know, but I do not think that Nat should be able to justify his killings with religion. Some people hear God tell them to donate to the poor or something, but I do not really believe God would ever tell anybody to kill another human. As for the rest of the slaves, they let one person talk them

Throughout history writing down historical events has been not only a pastime, but also a way to pass on the feelings of an era. The Confessions of Nat Turner was published in 1967, based on the court manuscript of Nat Turner, a slave, who lead a rebellion with other slaves that lead to the death of fifty-five men, women, and children in 1831 (Turner p.22) Celia, a Slave was published in 1991, based on a slave’s journey from the time she was purchased in 1850, to her death at the gallows due to her

of Nat Turner’s rebellion. This caused Nat to be an idol in the eyes of the african american community that was fighting oppression at the time. Another event following the race riots of the 60’s was the publication of america’s most controversial pieces of literature. The Confessions of Nat Turner was written in 1967 by William Styron and, as it name details, it is about the idol of equality himself: Nat Turner. Although it sounds like it from the title this book wasn’t a biography of Nat Turner

completed the reading of “The Confessions of Nat Turner” written by William Styron. This book pivots around the life of Nat Turner, a slave who got arrested for the slave rebellion that he had created. Confessing to the wrongs that Nat has committed, the author uses the first person point of view perspective to gradually steer the reader to the events that led to the Slave Rebellion of 1831. “The Confessions of Nat Turner” recapitulates “The Confessions of Nat Turner: The Leader of the Late Insurrection

William Styron depicts slaves almost cheerfully in The Confessions of Nat Turner. He glazes over the hardships they endured and did not depict a slave very well. He wrote “Because of the drought there was nothing to be done in the fields; and so Moore [his owner] gave us five days of absence” (2041). Slaves did not commonly receive leave, especially leave that was unmonitored. Masters feared they would run. On the other hand, Allen Parker in Recollection of Slave times accurately depicts slave life

“The Confessions of Nat Turner” , is a very interesting book, that was written by William Styron in 1967. This book revolves around Nat Turner’s life in prison, after he led a slave rebellion in 1830s Virginia. He also lays down the most gruelling facts about the wrongs that he has sinfully committed, which ultimately led to his arrest and later death. I think that this book would most be appealing to those who find themselves interested in the historical context of slavery or history in general

oppressed and even greater the ones who while oppressed displayed true courage as they revolted. The actions of Nat Turner to oppose authority by leading one of the biggest slave rebellions in United States history communicates true courage and virtue during a time of conventional harsh hatred for African Americans. The Confessions of Nat Turner is a first person narrative from Nat Turner himself focusing on the slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia, during August 1831.