Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion: Including the 1831 "Confessions" Including the 1831 "Confessions" By: Herbert Aptheker

by Herbert Aptheker

In the summer of 1831, a band of some forty slaves led by Nat Turner attacked slave-owning residents of Southampton County, Virginia. One of the largest and most violent revolts in the history of the young nation, the rebellion took the lives of some sixty white men, women, and children. An outcry against the South's exploitative slave system, the revolt was suppressed within forty-eight hours, and Turner, who eluded authorities for months, was...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1639238794
• ISBN13: 9781639238798
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Lushena Books
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"