American Uprising: The Untold Story of America's Largest Slave Revolt, Paperback - Daniel Rasmussen

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Publisher: Harvard University PressAuthor(s): Vincent BrownIllustration(s): 12 MapsNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 139 x 210 ...

This book examines the successful slave revolt aboard the US slave ship Creole during the early 1840s and its consequences. Drawing upon previously...

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Publisher: Penguin Putnam IncAuthor(s): Daniel P. BolgerNumber of pages: 432Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 139 x 208 x 28Cover type: Paperback /...

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DescriptionIn the fall of 1739, as many as one hundred enslaved African and African Americans living within twenty miles of Charleston joined force...

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Publisher: Shambhala Publications IncAuthor(s): Francois PommaretNumber of pages: 192Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 141 x 217 x 25Cover type: Pa...

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