Southampton county, recruiting slaves and killing more than five dozen white men, women and children, more than killed ever in any slave revolt in united states. Examining the terrible choices faced by slaves and also the deep disagreements among whites about how to respond to the rebels, todays speaker will discuss new ways of thinking about nat turner, his revolt, southampton county, and even american slavery itself. Patrick breen is an associate professor of history at Providence College and the author of the land shall be deluged in blood. He has published articles in the journal of the early republic, the virginia magazine of history and biography, and the Oxford University press anthology of nat turner. With the release of the movie birth of the nation, how many of you have seen birth of a nation . The new version. [laughter] thank you. Far fewer. How many have seen the old version of birth of a nation . I still worry about you people sometimes. [laughter] with the release of the