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Blood on the river : a chronicle of mutiny and freedom on the Wild Coast / Marjoleine Kars.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Kars, Marjoleine, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Slave rebellions--Guyana--Berbice--History--18th century.
Slave rebellions.
Berbice--History--18th century.
Berbice.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (385 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
New York ; London : The New Press, [2020]
Summary:
"The story of a massive eighteenth-century slave rebellion in the Dutch colony of Berbice (now Guyana) which had been all but forgotten. Historian Marjoleine Kars recovers a riveting tale from the archives, including rare first-person accounts from African-born slaves"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Rehearsal
Labor camps
Overthrow
Governing
The Long Atlantic Reach
Expanding the revolution
Stalemate
Rebellious soldiers
Palace revolution
Turn of the tide
The Battle for the Berbice
Wild sang & little glory
Outsourcing the war
Justice sideways
Epilogue.
Notes:
Fredrick Douglass Prize. Winner, 2021.
Description based on print version record.
Includes index.
ISBN:
1-62097-460-6
OCLC:
1162605765

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