In August 1831, a group of enslaved people in Southampton County, Virginia, rose up to fight for their freedom. They attacked the plantations on which their enslavers lived and attempted to march on the county seat of Jerusalem, from which they planned to launch an uprising across the South. After the rebellion was suppressed, well over a hundred people, Black and white, lay dead or were hanged. As news of the revolt spread, it became apparent that it was the idea of a single man: Nat Turner. An enslaved preacher, he was as enigmatic as he was brilliant. He was also something more - a prophet, one who claimed to have received visions from the Spirit urging him to act. This book recounts Turner's uprising and refuses to tame or overlook his divine visions. Instead, it takes those visions seriously, tracing their emergence from the world of nineteenth-century Methodism.
| ISBN: | 9780809024377 |
| Publication date: | 16th September 2024 |
| Author: | Anthony E Kaye, Gregory P Downs |
| Publisher: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 352 pages |
| Genres: |
History of the Americas History and Archaeology Slavery and abolition of slavery Ethnic groups and multicultural studies |