The Confession of Nat Turner | Read by Brock Peters (1968) | John Henrik Clark

From the liner notes--
read by Brock Peters with Martin Donegan as T. R. Gray
The reading of, "The Confessions of Nat Turner" by the distinguished actor, Brock Peters, represents the first attempt to make Turner, leader of the most massive slave revolt ever to occur in America, known to a large popular audience. A widely circulated novel, recently awarded a Pulitzer prize, was the cause for a number of scholars and critics,
black and white, to re-examine the life of Nat Turner and its meaning for today.
The most scholarly book on Turner is Herbert Aptheker's "Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion," (1966). Aptheker reveals that Nat Turner was a "highly intelligent man" of profound religious sentiment who in the struggle for freedom, led a slave revolt in Virginia in 1831 that accelerated - if not initiated - additional and harsher forms of pro-slavery legislation. The basic historical ddcument relating to the
Nat Turner revolt is, "The Confessions of Nat Turner" by Thomas R. Gray, published in Baltimore in 1831. This document was prepared by
a white man, Gray, who was not partial to the cause Nat Turner and his fellow slaves were fighting for. But for all of its limitations, The
Gray Confessions remains the primary source of information on the most famous slave revolt ever to occur in the United States.
The intention of this record is to let Nat Turner speak for himself to the extent that his real views are reflected in his confessions made to Thomas Gray. Gray was the recorder at Nat Turner's interrogation and acted as an officer of the court at his trial. His pamphlet on
the Southhampton, Va., slave uprising is the most authoritative document available. It contains the only biographical record of Nat's life that we have and purports to be an "authentic account" of the revolt. The Nat Turner revolt cannot be understood out of context with the atmosphere of revolt that prevailed throughout the first half of the-nineteenth century. There were hundreds of uprisings and conspiracies preceding the Southhampton, Virginia, uprising led by Nat Turner. The largest of these was the Denmark Vesey conspiracy in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1822. The presentation of The Confessions of Nat Turner on this record is one of the efforts now being made to give the life of Nat Turner an interpretation worthy of his sacrifice.
-John Henrik Clarke
PRODUCER'S STATEMENT
In deciding to undertake this recording CMS Records, Inc. endeavored to depict Nat Turner as accurately as possible in light of whatever generally accepted fact exists surrounding the rebellion led by this Afro-American leader. Since the only accurate record of Turner's thoughts, statements and history is THE CONFESSION OF NAT TURNER, as given to Thomas R. Gray, and acknowledged by Turner at his trial, the producers felt that this document should be employed. However the reading of this document, in itself, leaves much to be desired in terms of contemporary English wording and for listening ease. It also must be noted that this confession is precisely that -
a legal document! In addition, history, or the thought of Nat Turner, has been handed down to us through the thought, mind and words of Thomas R. Gray, a white attorney. Consequent-ly, the scholar, or any interested person, must of necessity ask several pertinent questions regarding the accuracy of the document itself. The final part of this recording is a completely unrehearsed discussion by three people (Brock Peters who portrays Turner on this record; Herbert Aptheker-an eminent scholar, historian and writer; and John Henrik Clarke a distinguished scholar and reviewer specializing in materials about Afro-American history and culture). It should be pointed out that this discussion is intended merely to stimulate thought regarding one of the most important and, perhaps, misunderstood rebellions in the history of the United States. Of significant his-torical import, or perhaps we should say as a postscript, on the very night that the final re-cording was effected, April 4, 1968 at 7:05 P.M. Eastern Time in the recording studio, when the taping was finally finished the participants (as noted above) learned that less than five min-utes before The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated in Memphis, Tenn.
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[@Yahawadahhh]

5:58 Nat hears the spirt 8:15 Nat returns 11:50 Nat sees blood that is due 13:08 Nat hears the spirit again 13:34 Nat “was not Christ crucified” 14:22 Nat “July 4th” 14:52 Nat “Travis, who was to me a kind master.” 15:35 Nat talks about the beginning of the rebellion 16:42 THE REBELLION BEGANS - 17:48 the 2nd kill - 18:30 the 3rd-4th kill - 18:49 the 5th, 6th, & 7th kill - 19:56 the the 8th kill 20:10 Nat thought wrong - 20:35 the 9th kill 21:00 Nat rebellion is getting gruesome and high radar -21:45 one more kill 22:38 Nat “‘twas my objective to carry terror and devastation whoever we went.” 23:33 more murders and one 24:00 killing towards jerusalem 24:58 Nat is persuade by a party of white men. 26:30 Nat “finding myself defeated here” 29:17 Nat is betrayed? 29:50 Nat runs to the woods 30:38 Nat is found by a dog 34:51 Nat is tried convected and hanged by 10am -2pm Friday November 11,1831

[@Exiria]

11/11 patriots day. He fought for freedom for real

[@swiftmcgee1]

Thank you for this breakdown

[@jabelakhdar1014]

I'm sure Nat Turner was not as articulate as the author write. Plus the author, as he admits, added from his own thoughts and was not Nat Turner's words. INFORMATIVE BUT I WAS EXPECTING WORDS FROM NAT TURNER ONLY. NOTHING FROM THE AUTHOR

[@sunflowerpwr.8821]

Brock Peters another underrated ancestor...so talented and beautiful voice.

[@dannygeorge1928]

sunflower power : exactly, my thoughts also.

[@medusabrown420]

Yes!!

[@bonitahobbs2097]

TRUTH. THE BEST ACTOR PERIOD. SO SUCCINCT...sp?

[@kymelieleonard6490]

Love also hearing Ossie Davis read, too, speaks with such poise and eloquence, just like Mr. Brock Peters.

[@RayHall-et8fd]

​@@medusabrown4206

[@Z-ManTheOriginal]

Are we just gonna ignore the fact that he taught himself to read like most slaves? And to speak with an extensive vocab and vernacular eloquently. Kill he did but to learn was more dangerous.

[@topnorthtv9129]

I wish for all the youth of today to have the spirit of NAT Turner And I wish for them never to cower or bow to any person Who pretends to be superior

[@francinefreeman9472]

Me to, they have the sprit of killing each other.

[@VirtuousWoman1143]

❤️❤️❤️

[@chillivybz5418]

That spirit is the one from The LORD All-Mighty

[@danielmwale8962]

Nat Turner, Malcom X, Marcus Josiah Garvey, Booker T Washington, Martin Luther king Jr, Bob Marley all these were legends, RIP my heroes

[@danielmwale8962]

@cobainzlady why makes you think I'm a criminal

[@danielmwale8962]

@cobainzlady a criminal is the one who has destroyed other societies and even killed the people cause of their colour

[@is6998]

Don’t forget Yahawashi Hamashiach aka Jesus Christ 💯💯💯😤😤😤💨💨💨

[@danielmwale8962]

@@is6998 what about this guy

[@kwameaboagye121]

My heroes are Kwame Nkrumah, Malcolm X, Walter Rodney, Amilcar Cabral, Thomas Sankara,Fred Hampton, Steve Biko, Robert Sobukwe, Chris Hani, Nat Turner, Jean Jacques Dessalines, Martin Delaney and Edward Wilmot Blyden. My sheroes Yaa Asantewaa, Harriet Tubman, Winnie Mandela, Fannie Lou Hamer and Constance Cummings-John.

[@antoniofba667]

Nat Turner has always been 1 of my 2 favorite Black American icons along with Malcom X

[@elrededwards863]

Me too we know what he did for us

[@hansumwillyblack5777]

same here sista

[@chuckkady7282]

You do? Why Melanin Education without a tutor made Nat Turner a murderer. He was brilliant in his ability to learn but Playing God killed him body & soul! What kind of sanity Murders innocent helpless women and children. What kind of insanity refuses to accept the facts diverting them into hate as you display Melanin? There are lots of facts proving Nat Turner & Malcom were cold blooded murderers in the name of Rebellion against society. "Nat was the first Rebel 30 years before the American Civil war"! Today modern history sensationalizes the Civil War as over slavery. It's not true. Who in 1831 (Nat Turner's time) could afford to pay $800.00 for one slave? In place of hatred and opinion why not study your own real history as I have seeking only the facts = truth in place of political propaganda! How many politicians do we vote for that really care about representation of "We The People" no matter what our color, race or creed? We're one Nation under God. United we stand & divided we fall.

[@michaeljofat7895]

Fuck malcom x, he got what he deserved for disrespecting Honorable Elijah Mohammed!!!!

[@michaeljofat7895]

@Les Moore from family matters ?

[@moneymakerfosho6915]

I would have loved to have heard Nat Turner's real narrative. History is always colored when told by a foreigner!

[@MrJaccTrippa]

It's at least two books written about it, one.is South Hampton Uprising or Rebellion

[@moneymakerfosho6915]

@@MrJaccTrippa indeed I know their other writings. I just wish I can hear the truth from his own mouth without the coloring. Thank you for sharing

[@edwinstreet9155]

So true! HURTS MY HEART AND SPIRIT THAT WE ARE LEFT WITH CURIOSITY OF WHAT REALLY RUNS THROUGH OUR BLOOD THE WARRIOR SPIRIT THAT IS IN OUR DNA THE INTELLIGENTS THE WISEDOM THE SMARTS WE HAVE WE MAY NEVER GET TO REACH DUE TO ALL THAT IS STOLE AND HID FROM US

[@moneymakerfosho6915]

@@edwinstreet9155 Oh My Darling, we will reach our full potential because the GOD that created us is more powerful than the lying narrative!

[@TheJazzyRedTalkShow]

Thank you for posting this…I have the confessions of Nat Turner but not finish yet ..any information that I can get on Nat Turner I Read! We know when a White educated man writes an Autobiography or and interview for a Black Strong man I would be written in a text that he knows… but anyway I can feel Nat Turner I will try to get that book! Thank you do much for posting this!

[@shadowpop5895]

NAT TURNER A TRUTH MAN 👨 👏 🙌. MY HERO. A MAN THAT ALL SHOULD LOOK UP TO.

[@tarhunta2111]

Indeed.

[@delpemdog3544]

Nat turner, John Brown (RIP)

[@mrrdw77]

John Brown was white. Yes, he was killed for aiding Blacks but I wont put his name on the level of all the Black leaders lost for fighting against White Supremacy. The only reason we are urged to evoke his name is because Blacks have been taught to include a white person with anything we hold high.

[@mrrdw77]

@Debra Turner John Brown is not a Black hero. If anything he did what he was supposed to do for whites. He's a good white person but not a Black hero.

[@sherryfreeman4120]

@@mrrdw77 Ase' my Brother.....❤🖤💚✊🏾

[@stanstinnett1391]

John Brown snitched on every black person in the universe at his trial. The transcript is online

[@antoniofba667]

@Debra Turner you must be off your meds

[@brooklyneastflatbush87]

We need a Nat Turner now.

[@VirtuousWoman1143]

He's Here.... His Name Is Dave Chappelle.

[@juzeljames7793]

@@VirtuousWoman1143 foh

[@lindagill981]

YES!! WE DO🫶🏾

[@xtraprebel6274]

@@edmondt848 why do you have to ask?

[@sharricebutler9032]

Rest in peace Mr Turner, A lion of the tribe of Judah!

[@chuckkady7282]

You define hate and your opinion as "wisdom" Sharrice? Wisdom = The trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight. Education without a tutor made Nat Turner a murderer. He was brilliant in his ability to learn but Playing God killed him body & soul! What kind of sanity Murders innocent helpless women and children. What kind of insanity refuses to accept the facts diverting them into hate as you display Sharrice Butler.? There are lots of facts proving Nat Turner was a cold blooded murderer in the name of Rebellion. "He was the first Rebel 30 years before the American Civil war"! Today modern history sensationalizes the Civil War as over slavery. It's not true. Who in 1831 Nat Turner's time could afford to pay $800.00 for one slave? In place of hatred and opinion why not study your own real history as I have seeking only the facts = truth in place of political propaganda! How many politicians do we vote for that really care about representation of "We The People" no matter what our color, race or creed? We're on Nation under God. United we stand & divided we fall.

[@Masterquismoney]

DOESN'T TAKE LONG 4 DA "CLOSET SUPREMACISTS" 🚪 2 COME OUT IN DA COMMENT SECTION ON SOCIAL MEDIA!🤦🏽‍♂️ GOTTA KEEP EXPOSIN EM, BY ANY MEANS...💯

[@chuckkady7282]

@@Masterquismoney I agree watch and expose him plz kzbin.info/www/bejne/enLZmY2Jrdl3p9U

[@Masterquismoney]

@@chuckkady7282 DON'T 4GET 2 CLOSE DAT CLOSET DOOR 🚪 BEHIND YA!👀

[@usmcmlpierce7547]

@@Masterquismoney - Play that race card 'Baby Sharpton', So anyone who has a different opinion than your's is a racist, Not hardly, I think it is you who is racist.

[@debraanderson9658]

I love NAT TURNER, Equity and Justice has never been obtained even today as I live in a vicious and Evil World 👑⚔️🛡️✝️

[@ericfelder1591]

This Documentary of this Great Man is Inspiring Spritually and yet this Man in that time did the Impossible

[@earldauntain7767]

Nat Turner was my great,great,great grand father so thank you for your comment.

[@earldauntain7767]

@cobainzlady infact it was inherited...now let me give you history lesson,when you come to a point that ENOUGH is enough that BEAST that oppression creates take over.violence begets violence thats the only thing violence understands...we were never the violent ones...it was you who came from those mountains with all of your plauges and vile way of life yal didn't even bath until we cleaned y'all up taught how to be civil evil and violence is your true essence that's why they're is no melanin in your pigment you kidnapped us took our language our sacred texts and forced a whole new way of life on us anyone who fights a war goes through PTSD now just imagine being forced to live stopped of all yo know,raped, pillaged treated in most inhumane and vulgar means imagined just think of the PTSD of having to indure that .my grandfather stood up to those TYRANTS!!!!! and got his just do revenge and it doesn't matter what they did to him the seed was already planted...birth of a New Nation. A nation that yousee rising up now we are the BEAST!!! that over 400 hundred years of being treated like mud has created,and the very Essence of NAT TURNER flows through my veins!!!!!!!!!! so I say this to you your not ready to face NAT TURNER reincarnated....keep it up

[@kasanovakaper5183]

This man walked with me at my darkest times.i first found this man while based on a plantation between Nevada and Utah being forced to fight fires.

[@Hebrewbenjudah]

What do you mean?

[@jamarciaclay6001]

Glad u survived.

[@miyagifatghost2684]

I literally just got done watching "Birth Of A Nation" hop in the car & listen to this WOW!! Messed up how the blocked us from watching this movie on a national scale by dropping a Tyler Perry movie same weekend....niggaz need to wake up!

[@doreenceasar2214]

@Dappdaddy666 u truly r a hater. That's y u have ur father's number behind ur name. U R ur father's son. Satan the devil.

[@UrbanLovesDaLakersbaby]

@@shevellewhips4322 Sis relax on the keystroke, being lead by emotions and not logic is the reason we're where we are today. Got to see the unseeing hand and stop thinking everyone that looks like you is for you.

[@michaelhammond7344]

If i could die like nat Turner my job would b compete

[@AriusBLK]

Miyagi FatGhost You saw the movie … correct ? Then mission accomplished.

[@suberinacooperjohnson6544]

The movie was excellent but sad black people unity was super & got killed. The Black people need to watch it & unity. What a day that will be in Rascist America.

[@Djt4848]

Idk why, recently I have read a lot of books on slavery. This may become the one I relate to the most. To hear him talk about his mind and the thoughts he had early on is a reflection of my own experiences in a way. Maybe not through spiritual gifts but real life experiences.

[@melindaadams28]

Read INCIDENCES OF A SLAVE GIRL

[@stephennaylor9930]

I wish Nat would have been more successful and made many many more of those evil people pay

[@medusabrown420]

That is the foundation Baba Nat Turner has layed. What are we going to do? That is the question.

[@abdulraheemmuhammad.cillas5507]

That's right however, don't worry All devils will be dealt with......My God Allah....

[@abdulraheemmuhammad.cillas5507]

So do I.....had a was a slave I would have been down with nate.....

[@doreenceasar2214]

@@abdulraheemmuhammad.cillas5507 yes, me 2.Luv you 4 that.

[@carolyngaulding5612]

@@abdulraheemmuhammad.cillas5507 l m

[@sistahraw1553]

Good jod Nat!!!! Thank u for your service...

[@sunflowerpwr.8821]

I went to school with one of Nat Turner's grandchildren and he was ashamed of his heritage...because the kids on the bus used to whisper that's Nat Turner's grandson and he would be red with embarrassment...if they had known better they wouldn't have been gossiping and making him feel bad for what his ancestor did..I didn't pick on him because i wasn't brought up to hurt people...kids can be so cruel...but if the bullies weren't picking on him I would have never known...but I bet today they may regret making him feel bad...they can't say their ancestor tried to help the slaves.

[@ngang1957]

wow

[@medusabrown420]

Greatness is that childs veins!!

[@CleverLoyal247]

Most African American ppl can be so dumb & ignorant against each other but the pale man is always better & right in there mind

[@medusabrown420]

@@CleverLoyal247 I know a black man who is related to Nate Turner. He said the pale faces taunted him because of this. He is proud of his heritage inspite of the pale faces.

[@VirtuousWoman1143]

Wow !!! I'd ❤️To Hear More About Your School Experience With No at Turner's Grandson.

[@mob6569]

The Honorable Nat Turner gave the Grudge a taste of their own doings, when one thinks of 1821. We needed more Nat Turner's today.🖤🏃🏿‍♀️🏃🏿‍♂️👫🏿✌🏿

[@angelabrown2360]

he paid dearly for it, as would you today, get your evil fantasies out of your useless head

[@kingjustice1831]

He is one of my greatest hero’s! Thank you for this broadcast.

[@travismaxwell9115]

Nat Turner's birthday should be a NATIONAL HOLIDAY.

[@VirtuousWoman1143]

RIGHT

[@dabenzel45]

Tyler Perry's studio should do a film that gives Nat justice. Hollywood is afraid to.

[@curleybrown5884]

Birth of a nation the movie

[@tlmcqu80]

Tyler is too afraid

[@topnorthtv9129]

We will get there

[@boonkgang1536]

Fuck Tyler Perry tbh

[@donnamckenzie2511]

YEZZ.BUT TYLER PERY CAN GO BUT SO FAR DEALING WITH HOLLYWOOD LEGALIZATION

[@tyronemccullum2452]

Turner was the man 5 people was praying to the same God. Nat Turner Did black people some Justice Unlike these sell out today

[@chicagoliightsx]

What? Learn how to use punctuation properly, and explain more in-depth. This _almost_ makes sense...

[@lisajackson1476]

The lightbulb went off in Nat's head, He read the book of exodus and realized he was an Isrealite....All praise To The Most High....

[@bonitahobbs2097]

"Watch....AND pray" for your people in a TROUBLED LAND!!!

[@marypeters2344]

@@chicagoliightsx shut up!

[@Stoney-Jacksman]

Damn Im from Holland and I can spell better than you OP. The US school system must suck.

[@davidruffin5656]

Nat Turner, only supposed to have killed one person,but lead the revolt,he was the genius who formulated it.this is the only book we have that is documented and investigated by black scholar's. It delves into the mindset of NAT. (William Styron) As I read his book I become more enlightened about and understanding brother Nat.

[@christianperkins39]

Styron is a liar too, but a flowery author in writing.

[@sandradee4914]

Enjoyed this immensely So interesting ,informative and intriguing Blast from the past.Wow!!!!!👍👍

[@debracecchi]

He said "He Was Born The Property of" I Can't Imagine.

[@khaliljackson6911]

400 years of slavery the slaves had no Freeman thoughts. They claimed themselves as property.

[@JohnBrown-gi8pj]

Even the "whites" @Linn Geez....

[@tallglasscocoa6105]

Its the reason people have a social security number and credit rating to keep track of how much you are worth.

[@christianperkins39]

LIes. He was not born a slave.

[@debracecchi]

@@christianperkins39 Excuse You! Was you there? How can "you" tell his truth! "Lies" you say? How about this, Just because you say it, doesn't make it true.

[@lizhussle4957]

Without him no slave would have thought they could defend themselves, Without him no slave would have fought back and knew that there was more to life other then slavery. Thank You Nat Turner for showing the race what was right and who was wrong. Every person has a right to be treated respect and be free.

[@savemyself9445]

This is not the first slave rebellion.They had many, knowledge they hide from us

[@savemyself9445]

@@XmrcaptainbobX True. I said the same thing.

[@corneliusalterego6527]

Check out the history of maroons in the US. People were fighting and escaping as soon as the first Africans arrived. Turner became an inspiration for many, but he was far from alone in fighting back. The independence of Haiti in 1804 terrified white Americans. An independent African nation so close scared them. So then (and before), news of rebellions, maroons, etc, were played down or outright hidden so that others wouldn’t get inspired.

[@lolam.5062]

There were so many revolts we may never know of. Thankfull we knos abt the maroons as well as others!!

[@nyreedix1719]

Wonderfully done thank u for showing this

[@elainesumbler4775]

Nat Turner you are now free PIP baby...

[@corenpowers419]

Rest in Peace Nat Turner. We know the "Cave Beast" treated you unjust& humanly. Glad you took out as many as you could before you left us my brother🙏😥

[@chuckkady7282]

learn how to listen and be analytical about whom you make out to be a hero.

[@chuckkady7282]

@cobainzlady I 100% agree with you. Who are the racist in here? I'll never forget the OJ trial and when hew was found not guilty of the dbl murder he of course did. Many African Americans cheered for the murderer and to Hell with the victims that he savagely murdered like Nat did to his victims. // Education is the only answer. Teach real Civil War history in place of the Slavery version. Remember the war started in 1861 not 1863. That was the Date of the Emancipation Proclamation offered by Lincoln! Learn Real history and stop following your Pied Piper leaders that only care about power & Control of We The People.

[@christianperkins39]

@@chuckkady7282 It was war over rights to the land. You willingly chose to believe the lies, continue to pontificate on Henry Nat Turner, instead of have a logical, intelligent discourse on the facts I was more than willing to post to your page..with sources and page numbers. Although coercing and theft of free blacks' lands began earlier, it culminated with the Dawes Act 1887, long after slavery ended. The conflation of slavery is designed to conceal this real issue, which is also the reason for the insurrection in the first place. Promoting a disproven farce is no better than what the racists you called out do. Is propaganda and perpetuating lies more of an answer than education? What happened to integrity above all else? Everyone has an agenda.

[@yknight4240]

Black super hero! He got tired of the torment! They was in hell. The crime of slavery was never punished.

[@chuckkady7282]

Why do you call him a hero. He murdered the man the taught him how to read and his whole family. Then he commenced to murder all the families women and babies in the name of God! I think the man was insane not a hero.

[@chuckkady7282]

@Nanjimoy Al Kursi where did you read where he was abused? In 1831 Nat Turner was born of a father that was captured by his own people and sold as a slave all over the world. It was called the slave trade and was established by the tribes of Africans. in 1831 a slave cost $800.00! That would be like a million today! Why would you mistreat your prize horse if it would cost $800.00 to replace it? The propaganda don't cut the mustard when you look at it logically. Slaves could think & understand. They were owned but cared for. They were given shelter, food, Drs, Churches and recreation. Not the way Hollywood projects it. Just be logical. If you breed slaves it takes 18 years before you gain work or profit. you simply don't mistreat your investment or you lose you plantation!

[@chuckkady7282]

@Nanjimoy Al Kursi This as U know has been going on Since Tribal war for power. In less then a 100 yrs look what's happened to the USA Since Adolf Hitler. This is how it started in 1937 now it's here! The results are kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5y7gXdvZ6uaaMU The head of Propaganda then was Joseph Goebbels // Replaced in the 21st Century by David Pakman. Have you seen this Slime Bag brain wash 1000's? Please watch and compare.

[@christianperkins39]

@Nanjimoy Al Kursi Nat was not born a slave. Don't believe the lies you are hearing from people trying to promote the same talking point about Africans selling other Africans into slavery. He has no clue as to who Nat's father was or who his mother, wife and grandmother were in reality. Just pontificating. I know it is difficult, but keep love for everyone in your heart brother. Stay safe.

[@christianperkins39]

@Nanjimoy Al Kursi It's just par for the course. All channels seem to do it. First I thought I was violating some rule about posting sources and website pages to research, but I found out it is at the channel owner's discretion. So, just assume that some things are not going to be allowed to say if they are undesirable. What is it that you are trying to say or do?

[@tonybrown6496]

Rip nat Turner my hero great man who had the guts to confront evil. Rip John Brown the struggle continues.

[@uu-kq6mn]

He really was a great man that committed evil against evil truly a great man. 😢

[@sippireal7776]

There were many many men of God we don't no about

[@sippireal7776]

There are some walking the earth today

[@chuckkady7282]

Nat Turner and John Brown killed in the name of God!

[@davisoneill]

A great and noble man. RIP.

[@uu-kq6mn]

No he wasn't

[@proudafricanamerican7586]

Thank you✊🏿

[@osanders22]

Very DEEP.

[@kwameaboagye121]

Baba Nat Turner is my hero who unapologetically fought for his freedom by any means necessary.

[@byatiyaj]

How wicked they are to try to inspire guilt in Nat for the sacrifice of his brothers who fought with him. These devils always pin us against each other. I’m sure they psychologically used that to strike fear and distrust within our people who remained enslaved at that time. They still use these psychological tactics today.

[@VirtuousWoman1143]

They Sure Do !!!

[@queenhope9903]

BEautiful and thank you very much

[@yknight4240]

Rest in Peace with the Father in heaven you a true warrior in a foreign land.

[@365handle]

🙄 this is his land and he is at peace ✌🏿

[@aprilogembo1141]

Absolutely brilliant so sorry our ppl had to go through so much because they refused to listen to the LORD many are doing the exact same thing today Repent and serve the Lord in truth

[@macman6885]

Loved it!!

[@vwonder7579]

I take a knee for nat&john

[@csmith9525]

Amazing. A must listen for everyone!

[@cantrelle7742]

Ecclesiastes 3:1-11 NIV There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing, a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away, a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak, a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace. What do workers gain from their toil? I have seen the burden God has laid on the human race. He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.

[@reigntv2973]

Preach

[@sosouth15]

What a wonderful story 😍

[@gnicevids]

Very informative

[@eldo59]

Brock Peters was awesome as Darth Vader in Brian Daley's Star Wars radio dramas.

[@lrowe272]

Love your channel, I learn so much Thank you

[@reelblack]

You are so welcome!

[@MsBeeLyons]

Love your channel

[@reelblack]

Thank you Ms Lyons.

[@christianperkins39]

@@reelblack I do commend your channel for allowing truth conversations to be posted without deleting or removing posted sources and evidence. Love the interviews after the Gray confession.

[@begging4music]

Thank You for this. ✌🏾🌇

[@Kwameking1]

Thank you

[@anthonyvaughan6470]

BIG UP RESPECT

[@jasminejohnson2687]

I wish there was a movie bout Nat Turner 😔 ❤💯

[@reelblack]

Birth of a Nation by Nate Parker tells the story

[@jasminejohnson2687]

@@reelblack oh thanks I'll check it out . It's on KZbin now

[@Djt4848]

You should do some research on birth of a nation. Remember all of these things are a product of their times.

[@ronharris4787]

Nat was a great tactician, had he had sufficient weaponry and men, south Hampton County would have been black today.... (doubt it, but it sounded good!)

[@DonCarlosHormozi]

I look forward to listening to this audiobook. Nat Turner makes me think of Spartacus.

[@mpalmer7800]

ALL HAIL NAT THE GREAT !!!! Spineless men are lost to infinity!!! Men with testicular fortitude history fondly remembers…!!!! Long live NAT TURNER!!!!! Farrakhan is our modern day NAT…!!!

[@heathertea2704]

LOVE YOUR channel 💞💞💞

[@--dm5578]

Hear Dr John Henrik Clarke’s spirit and voice during the Q&A!

[@fucu41]

How did this text survive without being altered?????

[@MrDawooawc]

Not only that..do u really believe he stood trial and spoke to a white lawyer???

[@kevinthomassr.8226]

MrDawooawc is the morning

[@christianperkins39]

@@MrDawooawc He did not stand trial. Gray says in his writings to the court that he swears under oath that all words are the thoughts of Turner. Gray says this because Turner was NOT actually in the court to talk. Only Gray's lying version is what we have as a so-called confession..garbage.

[@kingsteve4304]

@@christianperkins39 Got a source on that claim?

[@christianperkins39]

@@kingsteve4304 Did you go to the source I provided on my discussion page? After a thorough reading of all details and page numbers of my proof, what is your objective analysis of what you learned truly happened?

[@davedillon1372]

I'd totally forgotten about writing this in my youth. I was a Black man then & had been treated w/respect for I had never looked upon White Women w/respect that they were not due. This sounds unusual but, as I recall, it was very far back in time before Sammy Davis Jr was known as a 'Rat Pack' member but still he was well into the MS & syringes that brought him to hang out with a young Bill Burroughs & the other original writer who cherished a specific manual typewriter of the same brand of manufacture. I don't remember however I think I saw Corona more than once & that was a good sign of consistency. I did know I lacked the pony to own one of my own through honest means. After I submitted the manuscript for publishing at the finer PH's in Chicago & New York & being called a Negro instead of Colored or a 'Boy' I decided, thinking to myself 'Fuck this bullshit!’ I'm going to be on Maxwell Street & checking out the 'liberal' White Ladies & see just how liberal they cared to get. This was before Morgan Freeman was beyond that 14 year old 'Rudy' on B'way though he obviously did it mag -nificency & it would be decades, though only two or three, before the TRUE BLUES- them 'Lectric Blues- were invented by McKinley Morganfield & the acoustic players in their inventive ways would be speaking with Nicky Tesla about getting his own shit together & helping them with a little bit more than aspirations to wear a shoestring strapped bango & not getting anywhere with Mary of PPM (as we called them) when they were following up the solidarity of Les Paul & Mary Ford. Playing poor really seemed contrived & put-on wasn't the best direction for anyone who wants to get anywhere. Somehow, there'd been a meeting on the minds with Edison & while Tesla wasn't interested in this new kind of music & microphone placement he did like something before heroin called codeine & an early morphine base & so agreed to set up the wiring diagram & do the first few recordings so we would help him stay - as he called it - "shattered but not broken up but down". McKinley & Riley B King liked that feeling of sound combination & the short, sharp, shocks that would be associated with a poor job in the wiring but not a total loss. In fact, they liked it & thought it would help with longevity so long as they didn't look at a White woman too long unless she was brown in the irises. The bottom of the stairs so they said. Petey Wheatstraw wasn't really getting his own sound together & played with them old 'medicine shows' to get a few more days of jolt solution. It was inevitable that the electric wiring & rubber shoe soles would make a great team - like Sonny & Brownie before (or without) Lomax's recording team. It's about time to go visit her own Brother STILL in locked up -&- down.

[@fairisfair2986]

I know this voice from polly with Keisha knight Pulliam he was the old man across the bridge lol never knew his name great voice and actor

[@christianperkins39]

Sounds like Carl from Good Times.

[@jadubb95]

❤❤❤... to the ancestors and their spirits!!!

[@HeatherPrice-sb4qo]

❤ Nat Turner May he rest in power he is a Man of glory certainly My hero who fought for human dignity love yuh 😂

[@meeeka]

it's really sad that modern folk don't understand the differences between the English language of educated the 19th century and now. Nat Turner was obviously smarter than the average black or white person. The highest profession, black or white, could aspire to, was to become a preacher, a minister, therefore he probably felt "a calling." There was a "confession" supposedly made by Nat that was printed in the local paper, and I believe this text is that confession.

[@BLACKKING-zr3ex]

THE REAL BIRTH OF A NATION! All behind that bible and white Jesus.

[@sippireal7776]

Give me back ground of T,R. Gray

[@Queenchii]

This story is almost a extact copy of our freedom fighter here in my country Kenya 🇰🇪 he was called Dedan Kimathi✊🏿✊🏿

[@medusabrown420]

Today is the 12th Of May.2019!

[@RohgishSun]

If most black christians thought so ethereally-logical I could actually respect their religion.

[@larryblackman7357]

My #1 historical hero! Humanity of the Earth's original people ultimately led to the failure of this magnificent mission.

[@baboonking529]

He’s more articulate then some men today it’s sad to say

[@destressfrlyf843]

Heard the first person & was thinking dementia must be setting in🤣

[@365handle]

And we should trust T.R. Gray for telling Nate Turner’s story🙄..ok

[@anthonyvaughan6470]

WOW

[@kimbyrd2298]

COME YASHUAH COME

[@lijahp1]

Nat was a prophet

[@khalifahali-bey6450]

Nat was inspired by prophets

[@richardlevert5772]

Nat Turner was sent from God to do his work upon this earth...

[@AniayaNelson-ec2qv]

Truth

[@suberinacooperjohnson6544]

Amen

[@Julian2Sounds]

Controlling others teaches deception

[@martinjkrumm8764]

Brock Peters eh? No wonder he did Darth Vader on the radio, his voice is so unbelievably close to that of James Earl Jones.

[@AxmedBahjad]

Nat was a good storyteller.

[@alasanatouray8420]

Nat Turner, an Inspiration for our race for his bravery!!

[@ryverhyker5400]

Started to not speak, but my Lord tells me that my lack of humility boldness, miscolor, etc., will be the rule and the end of days as we beat each other into submission, and when we can't we will wage war against one another until we are surely done....(not a phrase, statement, or rhetoric, but a fact. I respect and praise my lord and those brothers and sisters that came before me, but as Brother Martin stated, He saw the light for All of US... I still believe. While I did not get to meet or know him I did get a chance to meet Angela Davis, Brothers from the Black Panther Movement, Shirley Chisolm and Malcom X....who believed that ALL White Men were Blue Eyed Devils....until He went to Mecca....Read before you speak, don't listen to narrations...the truth will resonate in your hearts.....You don't need anyone to speak for our leaders in their own tone.... Sorry if you don't believe me, but think for yourselves. I know that things are not optimum...yet, BUT it will get better... PS go back in hx and see the number of whites and other races that have led the NAACP in those rural areas where we didn't have strongholds, and look at those that march next to you IF you really march. LOVE MINE, but Don't LOVE Ignorance....WE can WIN the Fight, but only if we do it together...or it will be a constant WAR, not just for us but for our children too.

[@mgmassey174]

Dear fellow human .such true words of deep nuance online are rarely heard I hear these and agree. For we are all related. As the Lakota say "miyutake oyasin" All my relatives. There is a time coming where we will have to choose. ..to live Or allow history to dictate our souls Pray that all choose well. As a survivor of waschitu abuse and genocide, I'm grateful for the lessons of our ancestors. Bless all💯🌹❤️🐦 Like you..felt called to speak, yet pray my words offend no one. A humble human Who happens to be Tsalagi (Cherokee) Osiyo Wado

[@chuckkady7282]

This all happened in my life time ::: A TALE OF TWO AMERICAS by James D. Veltmeyer, MD Are we heading toward two Americas? Are we now engaged in a cold civil war? Are we on the cusp of national disintegration and separation? These trenchant questions would have elicited simple responses and quizzical stares in the 1940s and 1950s when, it might be argued, America was at the zenith of power, prestige, and national unity. Most Americans asked that question during the Eisenhower era would not have even understood what the query meant. We were a different country then and a far different country now. Just think back to that period in American history. We had just vanquished Nazism, fascism, and imperial Japan in the bloodiest war of all time. We alone held all the cards. We alone were the world’s superpower. No nation or bloc of nations could challenge our wealth, productivity, or military prowess. Europe was in ruins. Japan had been atom-bombed into submission. China was in civil war and while Stalin was advancing into Eastern Europe, the Russians had just lost forty million people in the war and the rest of its population was locked in a totalitarian dungeon. America in the 1950s was overwhelmingly white and Christian. Its immigrant populations of Irish, Italians, and Poles had successfully assimilated into the American culture. We spoke the same language, honored the same heroes of Valley Forge, Gettysburg, and Normandy, celebrated the same holidays, and, by and large, worshipped the same God. Families were intact, pre-marital sex was frowned up, divorce was uncommon, and drug abuse was rare. Prayer was permitted in the public schools and graduation ceremonies that did not invoke the Almighty would have been unthinkable. Abortion was illegal almost everywhere. And, even if it had not been illegal, it would have been considered hugely immoral. Hollywood’s movies were clean and uplifting. Censors were not needed for “I Love Lucy” and “Father Knows Best.” Children obeyed their parents. And their parents obeyed God. Was everything perfect? Of course not. No human society is perfect. Yes, we had problems, the most glaring being segregation and civil rights. Yet, even in the midst of Jim Crow, African-Americans enjoyed a prosperity unparalleled in human history. Black families stayed together. Out-of-wedlock births were a fraction of today’s number. And, even in the South at the height of segregation, black and white children played on the same playgrounds and their mothers and fathers worked side-by-side However, something happened in the decade of the 1960s. It was determined by a handful of elites in government, academia, and the media that the America of Dwight David Eisenhower was bad, boring, or worse. Suddenly, we were told “God Is Dead” and that man is the alpha and omega of all things. That led to an insurrection against all authority throughout all sectors of American society. It was now OK for students to burn American flags and draft cards, to occupy college campuses and spew forth profanity in the name of “Free Speech.” African-Americans were told it was all right to loot, pillage and burn down cities. The Warren Court chimed in, creating new Constitutional “rights” out of thin air, letting the malcontents and America-haters believe that everything they were doing was just fine, a praiseworthy example of “dissent.” Those who believed in the traditional America of the 1940s and 1950s didn’t fight back. They were what President Nixon called the “Silent Majority.” Convinced by the elites that “intolerance” was the worst of all malignancies, they failed to stand up to those tearing America down. Yes, they cast votes for Republican Presidents but those Presidents themselves lacked the will to resist the barbarians at the gate. They let the Left set the agenda, allowed the Left to demonize anyone who aligned with traditional values, and offered little but token resistance to the onslaught. Fifty years later, the results are predictable. The fissures have widened and the divisions in American society have only become deeper and more permanent. Facing little opposition from the standard-bearers of American truth, the left-wing mob become empowered and emboldened. Constantly moving the goal posts, they demanded more and more concessions from us. Abortion in the “hard cases” now became a right to third-trimester abortions, even to the moment of birth. Tolerance for non-believers meant tearing down creches, menorahs, or monuments of the Ten Commandments, forbidding Christmas carols and abolishing Christmas and Easter in favor of “Winter” and “Spring” holidays. A less judgmental attitude on sex now meant homosexual marriage and transgender “rights” to bathrooms and sports teams. Even pedophilia is okay in the view of some of their enlightened “academics.” “Equal rights” which promised to judge individuals on the content of their character rather than the color of their skin was turned upside- down as “identity” politics took over, pigeonholing each of us into arbitrary racial, ethnic, and gender cubicles which would define what we had to think and believe. A holiday for Martin Luther King now meant subsuming Washington and Lincoln to something vaguely called “President’s Day” and tearing down historical monuments to any American hero who happened to be white, male, and Christian from Christopher Columbus to Robert E. Lee. It has now come full circle. The Left has never been more brazen nor has it been more bizarre. The leading Democrat candidate for President has staffers who want to put conservatives in “re-education camps” and execute landowners. Another candidate vows to give a 9-year old so- called “transgender” child first pick for U.S. Secretary of Education. All Democrat candidates agree on free health care for illegal immigrants and most want to abolish the U.S. border outright. They endorse outright lawlessness as they embrace sanctuary cities and turn a blind eye to vagrants and drug addicts taking over the streets of our major cities. Can you now see why some argue that liberalism is actually a form of mental illness? Does any of this make any sense at all? We are indeed living in two Americas. One is what Hillary called the America of “deplorables”: the smelly Walmart shoppers who cling to their God, their Bibles and their guns. The other America is the America of the rage-filled, hate-filled coastal elites, from New York and Washington, D.C. to Hollyweird and Silicon Valley. They are contemptuous of everything we believe and everything we cherish. They are cultural nihilists who wish to raze to the ground the America we know and build their new godless socialist utopia upon its ashes. They are the children and grandchildren of the 1960s troublemakers. They hate the America of Washington, Jefferson, and Madison. They hate you. For fifty years, they have been getting almost everything they wanted and they have totally transformed America in the process. They succeeded because a series of feckless leaders failed to take them on. Until now. This election will determine which America wins. The stakes could not be higher. In President Donald Trump, the Left has finally met its match. We pray to God he prevails again this November. Dr. James Veltmeyer is a prominent La Jolla physician voted “Top Doctor” in San Diego County in 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, and 2019. Dr. Veltmeyer can be reached at [e-mail]

[@topnorthtv9129]

The more knowledgeable people become the more threatened the elites become Because they realise they are no better than any man And I am grateful people are more aware and less inclined to swallow the rubbish they are fed media wise or any other way

[@chuckkady7282]

@@topnorthtv9129 BLM is backed up by who outside of Hollywood and the Media? // If pro athletes take the knee Boycott them

[@cognacyoung3874]

We are at $99 Million.

[@lilmomma5367]

Nat must've expressed his feeling's Before They Killed him🤔 A angry enslaved mistreated man Don't Co-opperate! With their enemy.

[@vivstone4596]

Nat, you are a real hero.

[@daviddkazee5562]

My niga!!!! Nat was a child of the almitghy Lord God !😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂. Amen !!!😃😃😃😃. Brown and Nat ,!!! Danm !!!!

[@daviddkazee5562]

You got to love this Man of Judah!!😜😜😜😜 Love you bro ! Seee ya soon!

[@marybass5412]

NAT TURNER my HERO took on the DEMONS❤️❤️My G GRANDFATHER was sold as a very small child, along with his MOTHER from a Plantation in Virginia, to a traveling SLAVE TRADER from Rankin County Mississippi 👿👿

[@kincamell2]

Heavy

[@tamarahickman6301]

WHY CAN'T WE SHARE THIS!!???? REPARATIONS!!!!

[@100texan2]

Reparations for what? You weren’t a slave and no was anybody living today. Reparations is just another word for welfare. Blacks see this is more free money they don’t have to work for. You give them money they’ll just blow it on drugs or some other bs.

[@Msboochie2]

100% Texan Hilarious sounds like something a descendant of lazy, evil, monsters that tortured, raped, and abducted millions of people because they didn’t want to and didn’t know how to grow and pick their own damn cotton and sugar cane. An entire nation built on free labor and stolen land and is the sole reason for the wealth that elite whites in this country enjoy now. White people complaining about welfare is just another of the lies and deception their culture is built on. That’s all they know is how to exploit people for their financial gain, and have the unmitigated gall to complain about others being compensated for their pain and suffering. The permanent damage done to an entire race of people. This is the reason this country is suffering, a debt must be paid, until the debt that Americans owe to the indigenous people and to the slaves descendants the country will never be great.

[@stopitnow7762]

100% Texan your whole race are benefitting from money they didn't have to work for. They form secret societies and abuse children. Look after your own affairs.

[@CleverLoyal247]

@@100texan2 OMG WE DID HAVE A BLACK WALL STREET U KNO BUT U GUYS MADE SURE U DEMOLISHED IT ANYTHING POSITIVE WE TRY 2 DO U EVIL PPL EITHER WANT APART OF IT OR SHUT IT DOWN...DONT ACT LIKE U DONT KNO

[@CleverLoyal247]

@@Msboochie2 🏆🥇❤️🏆🥇❤️🏅🏆🥇❤️🏅🏆🎖️❤️🏅🏆🥇🎖️🏆🥇🏆🥇🏆🥇

[@estelladavis2411]

i agree that the religion is and was present with mr. turner for a good reason. one cannot put religion in a bottle or keep religion at a particular time period. for instance, the sir name turner is a common name today. i was brought up in booker t washington's community. my neighbor was a real live harriet tubman kind of lady that lived to be at least 106 years of age. every day that she saw my dad, she would speak to him and call him by his sir name and never his first name even though she was his mother's age. she would always call him mr. DAVIS in front of neighborhood children all the time. so much so that i would wonder if she was seeing jefferson davis when she was looking at my father. many slaves retained and passed on their master's sir and first names. the confederate jefferson davis would have had first hand slaves even though under very unique circumstances, being, the father of the confederacy. i often wondered if nat's mother named him NAT because he was small like a nat or large like a nat. in any case the story of life in the south is a real story told by real people.

[@christianperkins39]

Nat was only a nickname. His real name was Henry Turner. He was born in 1792. His mother, Nancy, named him Henry.

[@PartyGod2400]

Nu covenant Philadelphia chapter. Support the Marcus garvey Fredrick Douglas school for black boyz in Wilmington Delaware. The epicenter of black consciousness. Hidden colors 5. Cut The Check

[@janedoe1229]

Nate Turner wouldn't say "to satisfy our thurst for blood." Nate was in prison at the time the reporter met with him

[@umisoulflower3122]

What do you mean by this ?

[@charlescrowell3346]

A history of chains and the legacy of the rope.

[@elrededwards863]

This is the boss who name must always be said in Africa history fire man Africans never gave up the fighting get up stand up for our rights to live

[@abdullkhanifa3366]

One pea at a time your mind our. As. Goodness that's good

[@ronharris4787]

I don't appreciate that fact that this chump is assuming that the oppression of blacks are equal to that of all other races that have experienced such a thing.... Our oppression far exceeds any others. Not to say that there are levels. But, the length of time in which we have been (from the start to the present) no other race of peoples can say that.

[@KindredAscend]

Bro. Ron...You are correct. Our oppression far exceeds any others. We are the true Israelites of the Bible and God Himself said "for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem". Read Daniel 9:11-14 to better understand that entire scripture. In verse 12 God was conveying and confirming this to Daniel. Daniel was an Israelite in captivity in the land of his enemies....just as we are in the land of our enemies now. God scattered us to the four corners of the earth....and no matter where Israel is....they are suffering. Whether you believe you are Israel or not....when you read those scriptures you will begin to see that our disobedience to the God of Israel brought curses upon us ( written in Deuteronomy Chapter 28). Daniel himself knew that the "curses" were upon us. Yes....Our oppression far exceeds ALL others.....because we refuse to Obey Our God, and do what He told us to do. It is Written.

[@jenuwinmoore9258]

Andrea Speak on it sis!

[@elderjenkins-kjbu6037]

All praises to TMH God Of Israel

[@chuckkady7282]

Learn history poor Ron Harris. There were lots of slaves in the Bible if you dare look. They all weren't black as your hate and imagination makes them out to be. Someone taught you to hate. Why do you enjoy it? If you analyze Nat Turner he was smart and an easy learner. His problem was this. He had no educated blacks or whites to share his opinion of what he read with! You do, don't you. Look up oppression. It's not a nice verb Ron. U are what you were taught. What a pity you don't know how to analyze yourself and see your own character defects!