The Confessions of Nat Turner

by William Styron

“It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High. To show forth thy lovingkindness in the morning

Psalm 92.

“For he who knoweth his Master’s will,” I said, “and doeth it not, shall be beaten with many stripes, and thus have I chastened you.”

Ah, what bitter tears God must weep at the sight of the things that men do to other men!”

Can God stop them?

white as a marble Episcopalian.

Truth.