His use of a graphic novel as a vehicle for this story makes it more relevant to modern readers as well as utilizes a form that encourages reader participation in the making of meaning. The pseudo-superhero style comic book gives Turner an origin story and a rise and fall without glorifying him or outright justifying his actions. Interspersing the text of Gray’s narrative with comic book style drawings, Baker creates a compelling and emotional retelling of Turner’s story.
It tells the story of Nat Turner from before his birth when his parents were still in Africa up to the moment of his death and after. Kyle Baker’s Nat Turner is a graphic novel depiction of the story of Nat Turner and his 1831 slave rebellion, drawing on multiple accounts of his life but mostly Thomas R. Through drawings and the purposeful structuring of comic pages, Baker creates a silent narrative underpinning the words written by original Nat Turner biographer Thomas Gray, using his style itself as an argument for closer reading of the narrative. This paper combines scholarship on traditional slave narratives as well as comic book rhetoric, and Kyle Baker’s narrative specifically, to understand how Baker’s graphic novel honors Turner’s life and uses the same techniques that previously enslaved authors used and repurposes them for a new era. The accessible visual style which draws on superhero comic book rhetoric, brings Turner’s story to contemporary audiences, creating a new opportunity for understanding Turner’s motivations from a modern standpoint. His graphic narrative prioritizes the black story without a white person overseeing the storytelling.
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In Kyle Baker’s graphic novel retelling of Nat Turner’s life story, free from the conventions of those traditional narratives, the reader is provided a new perspective on Turner’s story with an emphasis on reader participation. Previously enslaved authors subverted those conventions to take control of their narratives and expose white abolitionists’ selfish motivations.
(31.7 × 20.1 cm) Place depicted Madison County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America Lewisburg, Preble County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America Southampton County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America See more items in National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection Classification Documents and Published Materials Slavery and Freedom Objects Exhibition Slavery and Freedom On View NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053 National Museum of African American History and Culture Topic African American Correspondence Resistance Slavery Violence Record ID nmaahc_2019.28.Traditional slave narratives follow a set of conventions that helped abolitionists recognize them as factual and trustworthy stories. Type letters (correspondence) Medium ink on paper (fiber product) Dimensions H x W (Closed): 12 1/2 × 7 15/16 in. Credit Line Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture JanuObject number 2019.28.8 Restrictions & Rights Public domain Proper usage is the responsibility of the user. There are losses to the paper where the wax affixed the edges closed. The letter discusses Nat Turner's rebellion, writing: Letter is black script on single sheet of paper folded to be its own envelope. Object Details Written by Eleanor Wayland Weaver, American, 1773 - 1855 Subject of Nat Turner, American, 1800 - 1831 Received by Theodosia Miller, American, 1799 - 1880 Jacob Frederick Miller, American, 1792 - 1849 Description A letter from Eleanor Wayland Weaver in Madison County, Virginia, to her daughter Theodosia and son-in-law Jacob in Lewisburg, Ohio, sent January 6, 1832.
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