Confessions

Confessions
ISBN-10
ISBN-13
9791030404746
Series
Confessions
Category
Social Science
Pages
77
Language
French
Published
2017-01-05T00:00:00+01:00
Publisher
Editions Allia
Author
Nat Turner

Description

Le 21 août 1831, en Virginie, des esclaves prennent les armes contre leurs maîtres blancs. Sus aux esclavagistes ! En deux jours, ils vont de plantations en plantations et assassinent de sang froid hommes, femmes et enfants. L’instigateur du massacre est arrêté. Il se nomme Nat Turner.Emprisonné, il reçoit la visite de l’avocat Thomas R. Gray et lui raconte la ferveur religieuse qui a motivé son "œuvre de mort". Depuis son enfance, Nat a l’étoffe d’un prophète : l’Esprit lui parle, lui envoie des signes et, bientôt, lui confie une mission. Il décrit, impassible et troublant, les préparatifs, la fuite, les morts et la soif de violence. Insurgé ou fanatique ? Libérateur ou illuminé criminel ?Après son exécution en novembre 1831, Thomas R. Gray publie le récit qu’il a recueilli sous le titre de Confessions de Nat Turner. Au-delà de la "littérature de potence", c’est un document historique incontournable : pour éviter d’autres rebellions, les États du Sud durciront la législation sur l’esclavage qui mènera à la guerre de Sécession... Ce texte, l’un des premiers à faire entendre une voix noire, éclaire aujourd’hui la place de ce personnage dans l’histoire des États-Unis et de la culture afro-américaine.En 1967, l’adaptation littéraire de ce témoignage par William Styron lançait une polémique. Cinquante ans plus tard, l’histoire de Nat Turner devient un film, The Birth of a Nation, qui sortira en janvier 2017. À l’époque des émeutes de Ferguson et du mouvement Black Lives Matter, ces Confessions restent d’une actualité radicale.

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