Foreword
Preface
INTRODUCTION: THE CONFESSIONS OF NAT TURNER: TEXT AND CONTEXT
PART I. THE DOCUMENT: THE CONFESSIONS OF NAT TURNER
PART II. RELATED DOCUMENTS
1. The Richmond Compiler, August 24, 1831
2. The Constitutional Whig, August 29, 1831
3. The Richmond Enquirer, August 30, 1831
4. The Liberator, September 3, 1831
5. The Constitutional Whig, September 3, 1831
6. The Richmond Enquirer, September 20, 1831
7. The Constitutional Whig, September 26, 1831
8. The Norfolk Herald, November 4, 1831
9. The Norfolk Herald, November 14, 1831
10. Excerpts from the Court Records of Southampton County, 1831
11. Nat Turner's Trial Record, Excerpt from the Court Records of Southampton County, 1831
12. Excerpts from the Diary of Virginia Governor John Floyd, 1831–1832
13. Letter from Virginia Governor John Floyd to South Carolina Governor James Hamilton Jr., November 19, 1831
14. Thomas R. Dew, "Abolition of Negro Slavery," September and December, 1832
APPENDICES
A Nat Turner Chronology
Questions for Consideration
Selected Bibliography
Index