In The Confessions of Nat Turner, Nat Turner was the leader of the late insurrection in Southampton, Virginia. Thomas R. Gray was a prosecuting attorney who urged Turner to confess his crimes and find peace in God. In addition, Gray acknowledged Turner’s account to the court of South Hampton of the whole insurrection with lists of the whites who were murdered and of the Negroes who were responsible brought before the court for judgement. Turner’s authentic narrative account was demonstrated to the court by Thomas Gray in Jerusalem November 5, 1831. The leader’s purpose for the massacre was to develop a deep impression upon the minds of the wicked community with an elaborative mischievous report that created destruction. The author’s determination