The Confessions of Nat Turner : And Related Documents

Foreword v(2) Preface vii INTRODUCTION The Confessions of Nat Turner: Text and Context 1(36) PART ONE The Document: The Confessions of Nat Turner 37(22) PART TWO Related Documents 59(73) 1. The Richmond Compiler, August 24, 1831 61(2) 2. The Constitutional Whig, August 29, 1831 63(4) 3. The Richmond Enquirer, August 30, 1831 67(2) 4. The Liberator, September 3, 1831 69(3) 5. The Constitutional Whig, September 3, 1831 72(5) 6. The Richmond Enquirer, September 20, 1831 77(1) 7. The Constitutional Whig, September 26, 1831 78(10) 8. The Norfolk Herald, November 4, 1831 88(2) 9. The Norfolk Herald, November 14, 1831 90(1) 10. Excerpts from the Court Records of Southampton County, 1831 91(10) 11. Nat Turner's Trial Record, Excerpt from the Court Records of Southampton County, 1831 101(2) 12. Excerpts from the Diary of Virginia Governor John Floyd, 1831-1832 103(6) 13. Letter from Virginia Governor John Floyd to South Carolina Governor James Hamilton, Jr., November 19, 1831 109(3) 14. Thomas R. Dew, "Abolition of Negro Slavery," September and December, 1832 112(20) APPENDICES 132(12) A Nat Turner Chronology 132(6) Questions for Consideration 138(2) Selected Bibliography 140(4) Index 144