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Almost Jerusalem : the confessions of Nathaniel Turner, leader of the Southampton County slave insurrection of 1831

Title
  1. Almost Jerusalem : the confessions of Nathaniel Turner, leader of the Southampton County slave insurrection of 1831 / as dictated to Thomas R. Gray ; illustrated by D.R. Wakefield.
Published by
  1. Goole, East Yorkshire : Chevington Press, 2005.
Author
  1. Turner, Nat, 1800?-1831

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Additional authors
  1. Gray, Thomas R.
  2. Wakefield, D. R.
  3. Turner, Nat, 1800?-1831.
  4. Parrot, Gray
  5. Chevington Press, publisher
Description
  1. 26 unnumbered page, 5 unnumbered leaves of plates (2 folded) : color illustrations, portraits; 36 cm
Subject
  1. Slave rebellions > Virginia > History
  2. Nat Turner's Rebellion, Virginia, 1831 > History
  3. Enslaved persons > Virginia > Southampton County > Biography
  4. Etchings > 2005 > Color
  5. Confession in literature
  6. African Americans > Virginia > Biography
  7. Artists' books > England
  8. Turner, Nat, 1800?-1831
  9. Black author
  10. African American civic leaders > Virginia > Southampton County > Biography
Genre/Form
  1. Confession in literature.
  2. Artists' books – England.
  3. Etchings – 2005 – Color.
Call number
  1. Sc Rare MZ (Nat Turner)
Note
  1. "From a pamphlet, "The confessions of Nat Turner, the leader of the late insurrection in Southampton, VA. As fully and voluntarily made to Thomas R. Gray." Published by Thomas R. Gray in Baltimore in 1831. The etchings are drawn and printed by D.R. Wakefield. The text is set in 12 pt. Plantin. All the printing was done by the artist at his press in Goole, East Yorkshire ... The binding is by Gray Parrot. There are 50 copies printed"--Colophon.
  2. Place of printing from colophon.
  3. Schomburg Center copy is no. 34, signed by the artist.
  4. Bound in paste paper boards by Gray Parrot.
Author
  1. Turner, Nat, 1800?-1831, author.
Title
  1. Almost Jerusalem : the confessions of Nathaniel Turner, leader of the Southampton County slave insurrection of 1831 / as dictated to Thomas R. Gray ; illustrated by D.R. Wakefield.
Publisher
  1. Goole, East Yorkshire : Chevington Press, 2005.
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
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Local subject
  1. Black author.
Added author
  1. Gray, Thomas R., author.
  2. Wakefield, D. R., illustrator.
  3. Turner, Nat, 1800?-1831. Confessions of Nat Turner.
  4. Parrot, Gray, binder.
  5. Chevington Press, publisher.
LCCN
  1. 2009439932
Research call number
  1. Sc Rare MZ (Nat Turner)
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