ISBN:
9780807133316
Language:
English
Pages:
XII, 288 S.
,
Ill
,
24 cm
Edition:
Louisiana paperback ed.
Series Statement:
Antislavery, abolition, and the Atlantic world
Series Statement:
Antislavery, abolition, and the Atlantic world
DDC:
306.3/62/0973
Keywords:
Slave insurrections United States
;
Government, Resistance to United States
;
History
;
Slaves United States
;
Social conditions
;
African Americans History
;
To 1863
;
African Americans Social life and customs
;
African Americans Ethnic identity
;
African Americans Rites and ceremonies
;
Folklore Political aspects
;
United States
;
History
;
United States History
;
Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
;
United States Race relations
;
USA
;
Schwarze
;
Sklaverei
;
Widerstand
;
Soziale Situation
Abstract:
Fires of discontent, echoes of Africa : the 1712 New York City revolt -- "Only draw in your countrymen" : the 1741 New York City conspiracy revisited -- Dance, conjure, and flight : culture and resistance in colonial South Carolina -- "We will wade to our knees in blood" : blacksmiths and ritual spaces in Gabriel Prosser's conspiracy -- "I will gather all nations" : ethnic collaboration in Denmark Vesey's Charleston plot -- "I was ordained for some great purpose" : conjure, Christianity, and Nat Turner's revolt -- Folklore and the creation of an African American identity.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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