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American Slave Revolts and Conspiracies: A Reference Guide

By Kerry Walters

Book information

Publisher
ABC-CLIO
Year
2015
ISBN
161069659X, 9781610696593
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2250266 bytes)
Pages
255\281
Scanned
yes
Time added
2015-12-18 01:41:32
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Description

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.Offers an overview of American slave revolts and conspiracies to revoltExplores the context of chronic fear of uprising in slaveholding colonies and states in North America from 1663 to 1861Offers accounts gleaned from primary resources regarding slave leaders and their lieutenants, and of the trials that condemned themDescribes the climate of fear in which slaveholding whites lived, as well as the various social practices and legal statutes they enacted to minimize the risk of slave revoltIncludes a narrative, primary materials, biographics, a chronology, and an annotated bibliography―all of which will be helpful to students writing papers on the topic

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