In the matter of Nat Turner : a speculative history

In the matter of Nat Turner : a speculative history / Christopher Tomlins.

"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 captur...

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Main Author: Tomlins, Christopher L., 1951- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Turner, Nat, > 1800?-1831.
Turner, Nat, > 1800?-1831 > Religion.
Southampton Insurrection, 1831.
Slave insurrections > Virginia.
Slaves > Virginia.
Virginia > Politics and government > 1775-1865.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue. What's Past?
  • Confessions : Of Text and Paratext
  • Reading Luke in Southampton County
  • The Shudder of the Thought
  • The Work of Death : Massacre, Retribution
  • On the Guilt of Fragile Sovereigns
  • Revulsions of Capital : Virginia, 1829-32
  • Epilogue. Demonic Ambiguities.

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