The Confessions of Nat Turner 1831 is a historical pamphlet by Nat Turner and Thomas Ruffin Gray. Published shortly after Turners execution The Confessions of Nat Turner is comprised of an interview with the revolutionary in the days leading up to his death as well as independent research conducted by Gray an attorney who represented some of the rebels involved. ampampquotAnd on the 12th of May 1828 I heard a loud noise in the heavens and the Spirit instantly appeared to me and said the Serpent was loosened and Christ had laid down the yoke he had born for the sins of men and that I should take it on and fight against the Serpent for the time was fast approaching when the first should be last and the last shall be first.ampampquot Known as ampampquotThe Prophetampampquot by his fellow enslaved people Nat Turner was an inspiring preacher who planned and executed an insurrection against the white slaveholding class in Southampton County Virginia in the summer of 1831.