The Nat Turner insurrection trials
Subtitle: a mystic chord resonates today
By: by Walter L. Gordon, III.
Publisher: W.L. Gordon; BookSurge Publishing
Published: 2009
Place of publication: [Los Angeles?]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 177
ISBN-13: 9781439229835
Subjects: Turner, Nat, -- 1800?-1831; Southampton Insurrection, 1831; Slave insurrections -- Virginia -- Southampton County -- History -- 19th century; Slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Virginia -- Southampton County -- History -- 19th century; Southampton County (Va.) -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- History -- 19th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-168) and index.
Table of contents: title: Southampton, Virginia, 1831; title: 1800 and the 30-year cycle of insurrection; title: Native son : the rise of Nat Turner; title: Insurrection : the valley of bones; title: Slave trials; title: Free black prosecutions; title: Capture and trial of Nat Turner; title: Aftereffects; title: Lessons of insurrection; title: Appendix I. The legal concept people of color; title: Appendix II. Note on African-Virginian crime; title: Appendix III. The echo of Nat Turner in Post-9/11 America.