Black History Month: Literary Thursdays: Gregory P. Downs, Author of “Nat Turner, Black Prophet”
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Black History Month: Literary Thursdays: Gregory P. Downs, Author of “Nat Turner, Black Prophet”
“Nat Turner, Black Prophet: A Visionary History” is considered to be the fullest recounting to date of Turner’s 1831 uprising, and the first that refuses to tame or overlook his divine visions. It traces the emergence of these visions from the world of nineteenth-century Methodism, with its revivals, camp meetings, interracial churches, and Black preachers.
With this work of narrative history, the late historian Anthony E. Kaye and his collaborator Gregory P. Downs have given us a new understanding of Nat Turner’s rebellion—one of the nineteenth century's most decisive events—and its aftermath.
Meet the author and join our conversation on Microsoft Teams: https://queenslib.org/4fv2