The counter-revolution of 1776 : slave resistance and the origins of the United States of America / Gerald Horne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Horne, Gerald.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antislavery movements--United States--History--18th century.

Antislavery movements.

History.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social aspects.

United States.

Social aspects.

Slavery--United States--History--18th century.

Slavery.

African Americans--History--To 1863.

African Americans.

Physical Description:

xiv, 349 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, [2014]

Summary:

The successful 1776 revolt against British rule in North America has been hailed almost universally as a great step forward for humanity. But the Africans then residing in the colonies overwhelmingly sided with London. In this book, Gerald Horne shows that in the prelude to 1776, the abolition of slavery seemed all but inevitable in London, delighting Africans as much as it outraged slaveholders, and sparking the colonial revolt.

Contents:

1 Rebellious Africans: How Caribbean Slavery Came to the Mainland 23

2 Free Trade in Africans? Did the Glorious Revolution Unleash the Slave Trade? 43

3 Revolt! Africans Conspire with the French and Spanish 63

4 Building a "White" Pro-Slavery Wall: The Construction of Georgia 88

5 The Stono Uprising: Will the Africans Become Masters and the Europeans Slaves? 110

6 Arson, Murders, Poisonings, Shipboard Insurrections: The Fruits of the Accelerating Slave Trade 136

7 The Biggest Losers: Africans and the Seven Years' War 161

8 From Havana to Newport, Slavery Transformed: Settlers Rebel against London 184

9 Abolition in London: Somerset's Case and the North American Aftermath 209

10 The Counter-Revolution of 1776 234.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781479893409

1479893404

OCLC:

860944245

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