William Styron's Nat Turner

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Ten black writers review and criticize Styron's book, which they call a distortion of Nat Turner's character, in this response which includes the text of the original confessions.

subjects: African Americans in literature,  American Biographical fiction,  Biographical fiction, American,  Confession in literature,  History and criticism,  In literature,  Literature and the insurrection,  Slavery in literature,  Southampton Insurrection, 1831,  Confessions of Nat Turner (Styron, William),  Southampton Insurrection (1831) fast (OCoLC)fst01127265,  Literature,  Critique et interprétation,  Southampton, Insurrection de (1831),  Dans la littérature,  Esclavage,  Révoltes,  Histoire et critique,  Roman biographique,  Noirs,  Slave insurrections,  Historiography,  Race relations in literature,  Styron, william, 1925-2006,  Southampton Insurrection, 1831, in literature

People: Nat Turner (1800?-1831),  William Styron (1925-),  Nat Turner

Places: Virginia