ISBN:
031333854X
,
9780313338540
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xix, 200 p., [14] p. of plates)
,
ill., maps
,
25 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Greenwood guides to historic events, 1500-1900
Parallel Title:
Print version Slave Revolts
DDC:
306.3/6209
Keywords:
Slave insurrections History
;
Slavery History
;
Slave trade History
Abstract:
From the Maroons of Jamaica to slave revolts in the U.S., this volume explores the causes of, and reactions against, one of the oldest and most outrageous human practices
Description / Table of Contents:
Front Matter ; Chapter 1 Slavery and Slave Rebellions before 1500; Chapter 2 Slave and Peasant Revolts in Europe and the Mediterranean World, 1500-1900 ; Chapter 3 Slave and Peasant Rebellions in Asia and Africa ; Chapter 4 Slave Revolts in Spanish America and the Caribbean ; Chapter 5 Slave Revolts in Brazil and North America ; Chapter 6 Marronage: Rebellion through Flight ; Chapter 7 Identity and Leadership in Slave Revolts ; Chapter 8 Legacy of Slave Revolts ; End Matter
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-190) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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