The title character is awaiting execution in a Virginia jail and thinks about murdering various white people.
The protagonist of this novel is sexually abused by the sinister Reverend Eppes, and it ends with the title character hoping to be reunited with the beautiful Margaret Whitehead in heaven. Eugene Genovese defended the author's right to write it, and it was the subject of an essay collection subtitled Ten Black Writers Respond. It is based on an actual book published by Thomas Ruffin Gray. The title character is awaiting execution in a Virginia jail and thinks about murdering various white people. For 10 points, name this William Styron novel about the title leader of a slave revolt.
The protagonist of this novel is sexually abused by the sinister Reverend Eppes, and it ends with the title character hoping to be reunited with the beautiful Margaret Whitehead in heaven.
The Confessions of Nat Turner