Answer:
Is there a contradiction between Turner and Gray's description? How and why? Yes, Turner claimed to be religious and “intended for a greater purpose”, but according to Gray.
Nat Turner was a slave, and was precocious, having learned how to read at a very young age. He had an outstanding memory, perhaps even a photographic one. He was bright and articulate, and was also charismatic and shrewd. He possessed managerial skills, as he was able to organize 70-80 fellow slaves for the uprising.
Additionally, who wrote this document? Written in June 1776, Thomas Jefferson's draft of the Declaration of Independence, included eighty-six changes made later by John Adams (1735–1826), Benjamin Franklin 1706–1790), other members of the committee appointed to draft the document, and by Congress.
