But, as a slaveholder in financial difficulty, Gray likely saw enormous profit and publicity in satiating the public's thirst for knowledge about such a mysterious figure. Furthermore, literary critics have consistently pointed out inconsistencies in Turner's language and tone throughout the document. They suggest that Turner and Gray's plans reliably conflict in the text and thus create the uncertainty that has characterized the document for over a century and a half. Turner's image has changed and evolved over the years. He emerged as a hero, a religious fanatic and a villain. Turner became an important icon for the black power movement of the 1960s as an example of an African American who stood up to white oppression. He was also the subject of William Styron's 1967 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Confessions of Nat Turner. But others objected to Turner's wanton slaughter of men, women and children to try to achieve this goal