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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherWadsworth
ISBN-100155038559
ISBN-139780155038554
eBay Product ID (ePID)361322
Product Key Features
Number of Pages120 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameNat Turner Vol.1 : Cry Freedom in America
Publication Year1997
SubjectUnited States / 19th Century, General, American / General, Teaching Methods & Materials / General
TypeTextbook
AuthorJames T. Baker
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Education, History
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.3 in
Item Weight5.9 Oz
Item Length8.3 in
Item Width5.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN97-074389
Dewey Edition21
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal975.5/5503/092 B
Table Of ContentPreface. Chronology. Introduction: Nat Turner: Man and Symbol. Part I: Slavery - The South's "Peculiar Institution". The Memories of Frederick Douglass. The Life of the Slave Nat Turner, as told by Stephen Oates. Part II: The "Confession" of Nat Turner. Part III: Immediate Reactions to the Nat Turner Insurrection. The Southern Press. The Memories of Harriet Jacobs. William Lloyd Garrison's Indictment. Governor John Floyd before the Virginia Legislature. A New Law Concerning Slavery in Virginia. Part IV: Further Reactions: Escape and Abolitionism. The Flight of the Crafts. Frederick Douglass as the Bridge. Harriet Beecher Stowe's Eliza. Part V: Nat Turner in History. Thomas Wentworth Higginson: 1861. William S. Drewry: 1900. Rayford Logan: 1931. Part VI: William Styron's Nat Turner: An Old Controversy Renewed in the 1960's. The Novel: The Confessions of Nat Turner. A White Scholar's Response. A Black Scholar's Response. Appendices. Suggested Topics for Essays and Papers.
SynopsisThe second volume in the CREATORS OF THE AMERICAN MIND series, NAT TURNER: CRY FREEDOM IN AMERICA provides both primary and secondary selections that give students specific knowledge of this important individual in American history.