Island on Fire : The Revolt That Ended Slavery in the British Empire / Tom Zoellner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zoellner, Tom, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sharpe, Sam, 1801-1832.

Sharpe, Sam.

Slavery--Jamaica--History--19th century.

Slavery.

Slavery--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Jamaica--History--Slave Insurrection, 1831.

Jamaica.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (377 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In 1831 enslaved Jamaicans revolted. What began as a peaceful movement soon became a bloodbath as British troops retaliated. Tom Zoellner tells the inspiring story of the uprising that galvanized antislavery forces in Britain and led directly to abolition two years later.

Contents:

Frontmatter

contents

Introduction

1. A Suburb of Hell

2. Deacon Sharpe

3. King Sugar

4. The Door of No Return

5. The Plot

6. Swear to Me

7. The Fires

8. One Common Ruin

9. Launched into Eternity

10. Panic

11. Another Island

12. Freedom

13. Aftermath

Epilogue

Notes

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Mai 2020)

ISBN:

9780674246058

0674246055

9780674246072

0674246071

OCLC:

1148871777