Let The Rope Speak: Nat Turner's Revolt Became A Stirring Symbol For North And South Alike

Authors

Tony Horwitz

ISBN

807122491

Publisher

Louisiana State University Press

Abstract

Nat Turner was hanged 30 years before the firing on Fort Sumter, but the slave rebellion that bears his name helped bring on the Civil War. In the course of a two-day rampage in August 1831, Turner and a band of fellow blacks, both free and slave, killed 55 whites in Southampton County, Virginia, ....

DOI

10.31390/cwbr.1.1.17

Recommended Citation

Horwitz, Tony (1999) "Let The Rope Speak: Nat Turner's Revolt Became A Stirring Symbol For North And South Alike," Civil War Book Review: Vol. 1 : Iss. 1 .
DOI: 10.31390/cwbr.1.1.17
Available at: https://repository.lsu.edu/cwbr/vol1/iss1/17