After being captured for leading the Southampton, Virginia slave rebellion, Nat Turner was interviewed in jail by Thomas R. Gray, a Baltimore lawyer. During this interview, Turner detailed the motives, visions, and events leading to the August 1831 uprising, one of the most notable slave revolts in American history. Gray later published the account as “The Confessions of Nat Turner”, a controversial and widely circulated document that shaped public understanding of Turner’s resistance and the broader struggle against slavery.
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