Crowns of glory, tears of blood : the Demerara Slave Rebellion of 1823 / Emilia Viotti da Costa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Costa, Emília Viotti da, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Smith, John, 1792?-1824.

Slavery--Guyana--Insurrections, etc.

Slavery.

Guyana--History--1803-1966.

Guyana.

Local Subjects:

Smith, John, 1792?-1824.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (401 p.)

Other Title:

Demerara Slave Rebellion of 1823

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume describes one of the largest slave rebellions in the history of the Western Hemisphere, when 60,000 slaves rose in revolt against their British masters in Demerara (now Guyana) in 1823. It examines the conflicts within the society that gave the rebellion life.

Contents:

Contents; Illustrations; Introduction; ONE: Contradictory Worlds: Planters and Missionaries; TWO: Contradictory Worlds: Masters and Slaves; THREE: The Fiery Furnace; FOUR: A True Lover of Man; FIVE: Voices in the Air; SIX: A Man Is Never Safe; SEVEN: A Crown of Glory That Fadeth Not Away; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W

Notes:

Bibliography: p297-372. _ Includes index.

Previously issued in print: 1994.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-372) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-771236-3

1-280-52890-7

0-19-802443-6

0-19-535551-2

1-4294-1563-0

OCLC:

437173102

Publisher Number:

2027/heb04570 hdl