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THE CHARACTER OF NAT TURNER DEFENDED WILLIAM STYRON'S NAT TURNER TEN BLACK WRITERS RESPOND LERONE BENNETT, JR. ALVIN G. POUSSAINT VINCENT HARDING JOHN OLIVER KILLENS JOHN A. WILLIAMS ERNEST KAISER LOYLE HARRISON CHARLES V. HAMILTON MIKE THELWELL JOHN HENRIK CLARKE, editor As The Confessions of Nat Turner moved into the market place and onto the bestseller lists, it became clear to some black readers that something was wrong. Why had no black novelist or black historian been persuaded to review this book in the national press? Why was Styron's novel such a success? Why was it given a Pulitzer Prize by Columbia University? These questions are answered in this angry book of ten essays by novelists, historians and friends of the black community. The full text of the original Confessions of Nat Turner is included. Edited by John Henrik Clarke, Associate Editor of Freedomways. Price $4.95 Order from FREEDOMWAYS 799 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10003