The Confessions of Nat TurnerPaperback, 19 August 2020

Nat Turner was an enslaved African American who led a rebellion of slaves and free blacks in Southampton County, Virginia, in 1831. Turner's story inspired the controversial film Birth of a Nation. Confessions of Nat Turner is the primary document supporting historical events. It is a first-hand account of Turner's confessions to local lawyer Thomas Ruffian Gray, while in prison awaiting execution.