In other words, the jury finds him guilty of all charges before even hearing the defendant's censored plea. This work would be better titled “The Confessions of Thomas R. Gray for Nat Turner.” Gray ends the introduction with what really tugs at the audience's heartstrings and clearly throws Turner under the bus as he says, "He will long be remembered in the annals of our country, and many mothers as she holds her darling child to her breast." , will shudder at the memory of Nat Turner and his band of vicious miscreants.”