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The confession is an accurate account of the events that took place in the time of 1831. The confession illustrates the horrific acts spear headed by Nat Turner, citing reasons for the up rise as well as the pre-cursors to the event.
Nat Turner's Confessions was told to and written by Thomas R. Gray, a white lawyer in Southampton. In the preface of the Confessions, Gray states his purpose in writing the confessions. It was to answer the "Public's curiosityÂ…to understand the origin and progress of the dreadful conspiracy, and the motives which influenced its diabolical actors." The "origin and motives" of the revolt stem from Turner's religious beliefs, and Gray uses this to portray Turner as a religious fanatic. For example, in the beginning of the Confessions, Turner is recorded as calling his religious beliefs as "enthusiasm": "In the nineteenth century, religious "enthusiasm" had negative connotationsÂ…". By society Turner's actions are seen as insane. The majority of the......
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