American slave revolts and conspiracies : a reference guide / Kerry Walters.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walters, Kerry S., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slave rebellions--United States--History--Encyclopedias.

Slave rebellions.

Slavery--United States--History--Encyclopedias.

Slavery.

Enslaved persons--United States--Social conditions--Encyclopedias.

Enslaved persons.

Government, Resistance to--United States--History--Encyclopedias.

Government, Resistance to.

Conspiracies--United States--History--18th century--Encyclopedias.

Conspiracies.

Conspiracies--United States--History--19th century--Encyclopedias.

Abolitionists--United States--Biography.

Abolitionists.

African Americans.

History.

Social conditions.

United States.

African Americans--History--To 1863--Encyclopedias.

Enslaved persons--Social conditions.

Genre:

Biographies.

Encyclopedias.

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 259 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, an Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2015]

Contents:

Chronology of events

Prologue: Panic in Westmoreland County

State of siege

The Stono Revolt

The 1741 New York conspiracy

The Prosser conspiracy

The German Coast Revolt

Negro Fort resistance

The Vesey conspiracy

Nat Turner's Revolt

The Cheneyville conspiracy

The Creole Revolt

The Second Creek conspiracy

Biographies

Thomas Bennett

William Bull

William Claiborne

Sir Francis Cockburn

William Lloyd Garrison

Thomas Ruffin Gray

James Hamilton

Daniel Horsmanden

James Monroe

Solomon Northup

Primary documents

Stono Revolt

The New York conspiracy

The Prossor conspiracy

The second Creek conspiracy

Analytical essays

Perspectives: The Stono Rebellion

Counterfactual essay: Gabriel Prosser's revolt

Turning point: Nat Turner's Revolt

Primary document essay: The condemnation of Denmark Vesey.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781610696593

161069659X

OCLC:

900016616