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American slave revolts and conspiracies : a reference guide / Kerry Walters.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Walters, Kerry S.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Abolitionists--United States--Biography.
- Abolitionists.
- African Americans--History--To 1863--Encyclopedias.
- African Americans.
- Conspiracies--United States--History--18th century--Encyclopedias.
- Conspiracies.
- Conspiracies--United States--History--19th century--Encyclopedias.
- Government, Resistance to--United States--History--Encyclopedias.
- Government, Resistance to.
- Slave rebellions--United States--History--Encyclopedias.
- Slave rebellions.
- Slavery--United States--History--Encyclopedias.
- Slavery.
- Enslaved persons--United States--Social conditions--Encyclopedias.
- Enslaved persons.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (281 p.)
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2023.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, an Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2015]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Provides a comprehensive overview of 10 major slave revolts and examines how those uprisings and conspiracies impacted slaveholding colonies and states from 1663 to 1861. Hundreds of slave revolts and conspiracies occurred during the two centuries that North America engaged in slavery. None were successful, but certain campaigns were significant enough to inspire other revolts, fuel a chronic fear of uprising in slaveholders and politicians, and keep alive the perennial desire for freedom felt by black slaves. Kerry Walters examines 10 representative revolts and offers narratives, primary materials, chronologies and biographies of participants for high school and undergraduate students. The book also contains an annotated bibliography of print and online primary and secondary sources for students seeking material for research papers and projects, as well as an examination of fictional depictions of slave revolts in novels and film. Walters offers information on a compelling topic that will be of interest to students of American history or sociology as well as anyone engaging in multicultural studies.
- 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:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9798400611889
- 9798216046998
- 9781786844743
- 1786844745
- 9781610696609
- 1610696603
- OCLC:
- 1413729851
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