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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460489203321

Autore

Breen Patrick H.

Titolo

The land shall be deluged in blood : a new history of the Nat Turner revolt / / Patrick H. Breen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-19-982801-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (317 p.)

Disciplina

975.555203092

Soggetti

Southampton Insurrection, 1831

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; The Land Shall Be Deluged in Blood: A New History of the Nat Turner Revolt; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chronology of the Revolt; Introduction; Chapter 1: Signs; Chapter 2: The First Blood; Chapter 3: To Jerusalem; Chapter 4: Where Are the Facts?; Chapter 5: The Coolest and Most Judicious Among Us; Chapter 6: Long and Elaborate Arguments; Chapter 7: Willing to Suffer the Fate That Awaits Me; Chapter 8: Communion; Conclusion; Afterword: From His Own Words; Appendix: Slave Population of Southampton County, 1824-1839; Notes; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1

Chapter 2Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Conclusion; Afterword; Bibliography; Federal Records; Manuscripts Collections; Library of Congress; Library of Virginia; Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina; Virginia Historical Society; Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary; North Carolina Department of Archives and History; Newspapers; Books and Articles; Index