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This account was published by the lawyer Thomas R. Gray after interviewing Nat Turner while he awaited trial. The pamphlet detailed Turner's religious inspirations for the rebellion and his vivid descriptions of the killings, which helped make Turner infamous.
Gray published an account of the interview titled The Confessions of Nat Turner.
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This account was published by the lawyer Thomas R. Gray after interviewing Nat Turner while he awaited trial. The pamphlet detailed Turner's religious inspirations for the rebellion and his vivid descriptions of the killings, which helped make Turner infamous.
Gray published an account of the interview titled The Confessions of Nat Turner.
The pamphlet sold tens of thousands of copies.