My grand mother, who was very religious, and to whom I was much attached — my master, who belonged to the church, and other religious persons who visited the house, and whom I often saw at prayers, noticing the singularity of my manners, I suppose, and my uncommon intelligence for a child, remarked I had too much sense to be raised – and if I was, I would never be of any service to any one – as a slave.


The Confessions of Nat Turner (1831)

Nat Turner Quotes

My grand mother, who was very religious, and to whom I was much attached — my master, who belonged to the church, and other religious persons who...

My grand mother, who was very religious, and to whom I was much attached — my master, who belonged to the church, and other religious persons who...

My grand mother, who was very religious, and to whom I was much attached — my master, who belonged to the church, and other religious persons who...

My grand mother, who was very religious, and to whom I was much attached — my master, who belonged to the church, and other religious persons who...