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Almost Jerusalem : the confessions of Nathaniel Turner, leader of the Southampton County slave insurrection of 1831
- Title
- 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.
- Author
- Turner, Nat, 1800?-1831
- Publication
- Goole, East Yorkshire : Chevington Press, 2005.
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- Description
- 26 unnumbered page, 5 unnumbered leaves of plates (2 folded) : color illustrations, portraits; 36 cm
- Subjects
- African Americans > Virginia > Biography
- Southampton Insurrection, 1831 > History
- Etchings > 2005 > Color
- Slave insurrections > Virginia > History
- Confession in literature
- Artists' books > England
- Turner, Nat, 1800?-1831
- African American civic leaders > Virginia > Southampton County > Biography
- Black author
- Slaves > Virginia > Southampton County > Biography
- Genre/Form
- Confession in literature.
- Artists' books – England.
- Etchings – 2005 – Color.
- Note
- "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.
- Place of printing from colophon.
- Schomburg Center copy is no. 34, signed by the artist.
- Bound in paste paper boards by Gray Parrot.
- Call Number
- Sc Rare MZ (Nat Turner)
- LCCN
- 2009439932
- OCLC
- 60886750
- Author
- Turner, Nat, 1800?-1831, author.
- Title
- 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
- Goole, East Yorkshire : Chevington Press, 2005.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Added Author
- Gray, Thomas R., author.Wakefield, D. R., illustrator.Turner, Nat, 1800?-1831. Confessions of Nat Turner.Parrot, Gray, binder.Chevington Press, publisher.
- Research Call Number
- Sc Rare MZ (Nat Turner)