The Confessions of Nat Turner Title page of 1832 version of The Confessions of Nat Turner, an account of a slave rebellion, as told to and published by Thomas R. Gray. The work was first published in 1831. (more) The Confessions of Nat Turner work by Nat Turner, primary source Actions Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Confessions-of-Nat-Turner-by-Gray Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Confessions-of-Nat-Turner-by-Gray Also known as: “Southampton Insurrection, 1831”, “The Confessions of Nat Turner: the leader of the late insurrection in Southampton, Virginia: as fully and voluntarily made to Thomas R. Gray” Written and fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Last Updated: Sep 27, 2024 • Article History Table of Contents In full: The Confessions of Nat Turner: The Leader of the Late Insurrection in Southampton, Virginia: As Fully and Voluntarily Made to Thomas R. Gray (Show more) Ask the Chatbot a Question Ask the Chatbot a Question Nat Turner led the only effective and sustained slave rebellion in U.S. history. Occurring on August 21, 1831, the insurrection was the climax of a three-year period of unrest among enslaved people, during which time Turner had been successful in convincing his followers—as he, himself was convinced—that he was divinely appointed by God to lead them from bondage. The statistics of the uprising were themselves sufficient to alarm the whole South: at least 55 whites (starting with Turner’s enslaver, Joseph Travis, and Travis’s family) were murdered by Turner’s men, and at least 100 African Americans were killed by whites in ...(100 of 7117 words)

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