William Styron's Nat Turner: Ten Black Writers RespondJohn Henrik Clarke 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. |
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Nats Last White | 3 |
THE CONFESSIONS OF NAT TURNER | 17 |
Youve Taken My Nat and Gone | 23 |
Copyright | |
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