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The Fires of Jubilee

by Stephen B. Oates
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"A penetrating reconstruction of the most disturbing and crucial slave uprising in America's history"—with the full text of The Confessions of Nat Turner (New York Times).
In August of 1831, the enslaved carpenter and preacher Nat Turner led an anti-slavery uprising in Virginia. It lasted several days before state militias captured Turner and put him on trial. Before he was executed, Turner recounted the unbearable conditions he endured and how he secretly built support for his cause over many years. Turner's Rebellion, and the savage reprisals that followed, shattered longstanding myths of the contented slave and the benign master.
Turner's story and tactics also inspired the abolitionist movement, intensifying the forces of change that would plunge America into Civil War. Stephen B. Oates, the celebrated biographer of Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King, Jr., presents a gripping and insightful narrative of the rebellion—the complex, gifted, and driven man who led it, the social conditions that produced it, and the legacy it left. 
The Fires of Jubilee is a classic wok of American history. This new edition includes the text of the original 1831 court document "The Confessions of Nat Turner."
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Publisher: HarperCollins

Kindle Book

  • ISBN: 9780061970009
  • Release date: March 19, 2024

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  • ISBN: 9780061970009
  • Release date: March 19, 2024

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9780061970009
  • File size: 860 KB
  • Release date: March 19, 2024

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Kindle Book
OverDrive Read
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subjects

Biography & Autobiography History Nonfiction

Languages

English

Levels

ATOS Level:5
Lexile® Measure:720
Interest Level:4-8(MG)
Text Difficulty:3-4

"A penetrating reconstruction of the most disturbing and crucial slave uprising in America's history"—with the full text of The Confessions of Nat Turner (New York Times).
In August of 1831, the enslaved carpenter and preacher Nat Turner led an anti-slavery uprising in Virginia. It lasted several days before state militias captured Turner and put him on trial. Before he was executed, Turner recounted the unbearable conditions he endured and how he secretly built support for his cause over many years. Turner's Rebellion, and the savage reprisals that followed, shattered longstanding myths of the contented slave and the benign master.
Turner's story and tactics also inspired the abolitionist movement, intensifying the forces of change that would plunge America into Civil War. Stephen B. Oates, the celebrated biographer of Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King, Jr., presents a gripping and insightful narrative of the rebellion—the complex, gifted, and driven man who led it, the social conditions that produced it, and the legacy it left. 
The Fires of Jubilee is a classic wok of American history. This new edition includes the text of the original 1831 court document "The Confessions of Nat Turner."
Expand title description text
Biography & Autobiography History Nonfiction
  • Details

    Publisher:
    HarperCollins

    Kindle Book
    ISBN: 9780061970009
    Release date: March 19, 2024

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9780061970009
    Release date: March 19, 2024

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9780061970009
    File size: 860 KB
    Release date: March 19, 2024

  • Creators
  • Formats
    Kindle Book
    OverDrive Read
    EPUB ebook
  • Languages
    English
  • Levels
    ATOS Level: 5
    Lexile® Measure: 720
    Interest Level: 4-8(MG)
    Text Difficulty: 3-4