The Nat Turner rebellion of August 1831, the iconic uprising of enslaved people in the United States, was much more extensive than we have understood. This exploration of a Tidewater Virginia plantation reveals how the daily resistance of the enslaved was heightened by spiritual beliefs to seek the divine overthrow of a wicked world.
A rich and compelling new study of the Blow plantation ... Reads like a nonfiction version of William Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom! ... A quietly devastating epilogue brings the story of the scarred landscape around Tower Hill up to the present.
Sheds astonishing new light on Nat Turner’s 1831 rebellion ... This impressive account helps overturn misrepresentations of Turner as a 'lone madman' while also revealing the insidious propaganda that upheld slavery.
Skillfully written ... Fresh insight into plantation life makes this a welcome addition to public and academic libraries with strong history collections.
