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Title: The Second Crucifixion of Nat Turner by John Henrik Clarke ISBN: 0-09-312195-4 Publisher: Black Classic Press Pub. Date: December, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $8.95

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Summary: Required reading for readers of "Confessions of Nat Turner"
Comment: This work, a re-issue of the late 1960s anthology entitled "Willian Styron's The Confessions of Nat Turner: Ten Black Writers Respond," is the best place to go for the reaction of the black intellectual community to Styron's fictional treatment of Nat Turner's 1831 slave rebellion in Virgina. This review refers to the orginal edition and doesn't address any edits or new introductions or essays included in this 2001 version.

Styron called his work a "meditation on history" and it sparked a long and bitter debate about views of Turner (a preacher whose rebellion was the most violent and longest-lasting of the several slave rebellions before the Civil War) two centuries after his birth. Styron has been criticized for racist and apologist views on slavery and a poor portrayal of Turner -- and his defenders have responded that he wrote a well-constructed, moving, and accurate portrayal of American slavery and Turner's life.

The truth lies somewhere in between, I suspect. But to decide for yourself, everyone who reads Styron must also read this excellent collection of essays.

My sole complaint with the style of this work (although one could endlessly discuss the content) is that some of the essays are redundent, several are too long, and at least two are too short to adequately make their points. But this work was orginally a rapid response to Styron's work, so you'd expect it to be a little rough around the edges.