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The Fires of Jubilee: Nat Turner's Fierce Rebellion

by Stephen B. Oates

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Nat Turner’s Rebellion and Its Aftermath

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    Praised by The New York Times

    The New York Times describes the book as “a penetrating reconstruction” of the slave uprising.

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Nat Turner’s Rebellion and Its Aftermath

Stephen B. Oates examines the 1831 uprising led by Nat Turner in Virginia alongside the reprisals that followed. The account places the rebellion within the social conditions that shaped it and considers its consequences for slavery and the nation’s path toward the Civil War. The reissued edition also includes the text of the original 1831 court document, “The Confessions of Nat Turner,” giving the historical narrative a documentary component. Together, these elements connect one rebellion to the wider tensions of antebellum America and its lasting legacy.

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  • Readers interested in U.S. history and the history of slavery.
  • Readers seeking an account of Nat Turner’s rebellion and its aftermath.
  • Readers interested in historical works that include primary-source documents.

Themes

Slavery and resistanceNat Turner’s rebellionRetaliation and its consequencesAntebellum America and the approach of the Civil War

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"A penetrating reconstruction of the most disturbing and crucial slave uprising in America's history." --New York Times

The definitive account of the most infamous slave rebellion in history and the aftermath that brought America one step closer to civil war--newly reissued to include the text of the original 1831 court document "The Confessions of Nat Turner"

The fierce slave rebellion led by Nat Turner in Virginia in 1831 and the savage reprisals that followed shattered beyond repair the myth of the contented slave and the benign master, and intensified the forces of change that would plunge America into the bloodbath of the Civil War. Stephen B. Oates, the celebrated biographer of Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King, Jr., presents a gripping and insightful narrative of the rebellion--the complex, gifted, and driven man who led it, the social conditions that produced it, and the legacy it left.

A classic, here is the dramatic re-creation of the turbulent period that marked a crucial turning point in America's history.

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