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Revolution by fire : New York's Afro-Irish uprising of 1741 : a graphic novel / David Lester and Marcus Rediker, with Paul Buhle.
Van Pelt Library PN6733.L479 R48 2024
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lester, David, 1958- author, artist.
- Rediker, Marcus, author of foreword, author.
- Buhle, Paul, 1944- author of afterword, editor.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Slave rebellions--New York (State)--New York--History--18th century--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Slave rebellions.
- Fires--New York (State)--New York--History--18th century--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Fires.
- African Americans--New York (State)--New York--History--18th century--Comic books, strips, etc.
- African Americans.
- Irish--New York (State)--New York--History--18th century--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Irish.
- New York (N.Y.)--History--Conspiracy of 1741--Comic books, strips, etc.
- New York (N.Y.).
- New York (N.Y.)--Race relations--Comic books, strips, etc.
- New York (N.Y.)--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Genre:
- Historical comics.
- Graphic novel adaptations.
- Graphic novels.
- Comics (Graphic works)
- Physical Description:
- vii, 166 pages : chiefly illustrations, map ; 23 cm
- Other Title:
- New York's Afro-Irish uprising of 1741 : a graphic novel
- Place of Publication:
- Boston, Massachusetts : Beacon Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- Rebel fugitive John Gwin was previously introduced in Under the banner of King Death and this graphic novel continues his adventures. Revolution by fire is a hypothetical look at the inner workings of the so called "New York Conspiracy" or "Slave Rebellion" of 1741, following the figures who were considered the real-life masterminds of the plot. Featuring an eclectic crew of African-American, Irish, and mixed race Hispanic sailors, soldiers, and renegades, Gwin and his band are determined to capture New York City in their own names and fight the higher class "wigs and ruffles" wearing white people. Unfortunately for the conspirators, suspicions about an uprising were already in the minds of the Governor and his fellow elites, and the events that followed change the course of everyone's lives forever.
- Notes:
- "Text adapted from 'The Outcasts of the nations of the earth' chapter in Marcus Rediker and Peter Linebaugh's book The many-headed hydra: sailors, slaves, commoners and the hidden history of the revolutionary Atlantic, © 2013 by Marcus Rediker" --Title page verso.
- Inspired by true histories.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0807012556
- 9780807012550
- OCLC:
- 1423038297
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