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<div class="raleway"><p>notice of a hearing...excerpts from the <<hovertip "according to thomas r. gray (white)">>confessions<</hovertip>> of nat turner</p></div>
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@@.blurrier;...I saluted them on coming up, and asked Will how came he there, he answered, his life was worth no more than others, and his liberty as dear to him. I asked him if he thought to obtain it? He said he would, or loose his life. This was enough to put him in full confidence.@@ Jack, I knew, was only a tool in the <<hovertip "''hearth''—separate of (distinct) the earth">>hands of Hark,<</hovertip>> it was quickly agreed we should commence at <<hovertip "''hearts''—our chests won't contain \ntheir beatings">> home<</hovertip>> (Mr. J. Travis') on that night, and until we had armed and equipped ourselves, and gathered sufficient <<hovertip "''hard''—you push him—his hands\naround the rope—he asks \nto be pushed hard—you push \nharder—the swing does as swings do—\nyou lose sight of him in the sun">>force,<</hovertip>> neither age nor sex was to be spared, (which was invariably adhered to.) @@.blurrier;We remained at the feast, until about two hours in the night, when we went to the house and found Austin; they all went to the cider press and drank, except myself.@@ On returning to the house, Hark went to the door with an axe, for the purpose of <<hovertip "''heart''—needful; the embodiment \nof repetition">> breaking it open,<</hovertip>> as we knew we were <<hovertip "''hurl''—a violent throw. a dolphin \nagain and again against the glass. \na mango giving passage to its seed">>strong enough<</hovertip>> to murder the family, if they were awaked by the noise; but reflecting that it might create an alarm in the neighborhood, we determined to enter the house secretly, and murder them <<hovertip "''harpsichord''—a percussive instrument. \nnot wholy a harp itself \n\n(angels don't play it)—a harpsichord \nhas a body that one plays with a hammer">>whilst sleeping.<</hovertip>> Hark got a ladder and set it against the chimney, on which I ascended, and hoisting a <<hovertip "''heard''—''herd''—\nhere i was—from \na distance—from the field—\nobserve—they are the same">>window, entered<</hovertip>> and came down stairs, unbarred the door, and removed the guns from their places.@@.blurrier; It was then observed that I must spill the first blood. On which, armed with a hatchet, and accompanied by Will, I entered my master's chamber, it being dark, I could not give a death blow, <<hovertip "''hark''—winter is the harness \nof spring; let the angels sing—">>the hatchet glanced from his head,<</hovertip>> he sprang from the bed and called his wife, it was his last word, Will laid him dead, with a blow of his axe, and Mrs. Travis shared the same fate, as she lay in bed. The murder of this family, five in number, was the work of a moment, not one of them awoke...@@
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