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Rebels and runaways : slave resistance in nineteenth-century Florida / Larry Eugene Rivers.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rivers, Larry E., 1950-
- Series:
- New Black studies.
- The new Black studies series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Slave rebellions--Fiction--Florida--History--19th century.
- Slave rebellions.
- Fugitive slaves--Florida--History--19th century.
- Fugitive slaves.
- Enslaved persons--Florida--Social conditions--19th century.
- Enslaved persons.
- Enslaved persons--Florida--History--19th century.
- Florida--History--1821-1865.
- Florida.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (265 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This study examines slave resistance and protest in antebellum Florida and its local and national impact from 1821 to 1865. The author discusses Florida's historical significance as a runaway slave haven dating back to the 17th century.
- Contents:
- RESISTANCE BY WILES
- Day-to-Day Resistance
- Stepping Up the Degrees of Resistance
- RUNNING AWAY
- Away without Leave
- A Yearning for Freedom
- Destinations of Runaways
- Flight Away from Florida
- In Search of Kinfolk and Loved Ones
- Catch the Runaway
- VIOLENT RESISTANCE
- Slave Violence
- The Second Seminole War
- The Civil War.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613896094
- 9781283583640
- 128358364X
- 9780252094033
- 0252094034
- OCLC:
- 809032410
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