| Edition |
First paperback [edition]. |
| Description |
xiv, 349 pages ; 23 cm |
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text rdacontent |
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unmediated rdamedia |
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volume rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Rebellious Africans: How Caribbean slavery came to the mainland -- Free trade in Africans? Did the Glorious Revolution unleash the slave trade? -- Revolt! Africans conspire with the French and Spanish -- Building a "white" pro-slavery wall: The construction of Georgia -- The Stono uprising: Will the Africans become masters and the Europeans slaves? -- Arson, murders, poisonings, shipboard insurrections: The fruits of the accelerating slave trade -- The biggest losers: Africans and the Seven Years' War -- From Havana to Newport, slavery transformed: Settlers rebel against London -- Abolition in London: Somerset's case and the North American aftermath -- The Counter-Revolution of 1776. |
| Subject |
Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
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United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Social aspects.
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Slavery -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
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African Americans -- History -- To 1863.
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| Added Author |
NYU Press.
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| ISBN |
9781479806898 (paperback ; acid-free paper) : $22.00 |
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1479806897 (paperback ; acid-free paper) |
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