Ol’ Prophet Nat (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Daniel Panger
- First Published: 1967
- Time of Work: 1800–1831
- Setting: Virginia
- Principal Characters: Nat Turner, Benjamin Turner, Putnam Moore, Hark
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: African Americans, Freedom, Revolutionaries, South or Southerners, Slavery or slaves, Religion, Mysticism, Biography
- Locales: Virginia
Form and Content
In Ol’ Prophet Nat, Daniel Panger presents the journal of Nat Turner, the leader of the most famous slave rebellion in the antebellum American South. Turner’s rebellion took place in the summer of 1831 in Southhampton County, Virginia. For several days and nights, he and a small group of followers terrorized a section of the county in an attempt to start a revolt that would free slaves in that region and beyond. Panger introduces the work by telling how he first heard of Turner and how he finally came across the old Bible in which Turner’s journal...
[The entire page is 1423 words long]
Join eNotes
Over 3,500 study guides, question and answer forums, literature criticism, reference content, and much more!
