The World That Fear Made: Slave Revolts and Conspiracy Scares in Early America

Jason T. Sharples

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2020

The World That Fear Made

Slave Revolts and Conspiracy Scares in Early America

Jason T. Sharples

In the series Early American Studies

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812297102

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About this book

In dozens of slave conspiracy scares in North American and the Caribbean, colonists terrorized and killed slaves whom they accused of planning to take over the colony. Jason T. Sharples explains the deep origins and historical triggers of these incidents and argues that conspiracy scares bound society together through shared fear.

Author / Editor information

Jason T. Sharples teaches history at Florida Atlantic University.

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"Thought-provoking, original, and engaging, The World That Fear Made is sweeping in its chronological scope and rich with details and stories that convey the lived experience of his subjects at key moments of crisis. It is a sophisticated and valuable corrective to the literature on slave rebellions."—Justin Roberts, Dalhousie University

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
INTRODUCTION. The Cup of Wrath Is Almost Full Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
CHAPTER 1. Making Sense of Strangers The Invention of Anglo-American Slave Conspiracy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	20
CHAPTER 2. Studying the Horizon The Stories and Circumstances That Conjured Demons Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
CHAPTER 3. Seeking Truth Through Terror Coercion and Survival Inside the Courtroom and the Jail Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
CHAPTER 4. The Risk of Relations Community-Seeking and the Politics of Association Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	148
CHAPTER 5. The Accountants, the Opportunists, and the Rebels Taking Chances in the Era of the Seven Years’ War Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
CHAPTER 6. Governing in a World of Fear Political Mobilization in the American Revolutionary Era Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
EPILOGUE. The Transforming Fires of the Haitian Revolution Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	242
APPENDIX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	255
NOTES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	261
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	313
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	325

Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 365
Illustrations
- Other: 27 illus.
Keywords: American History; African-American Studies; African Studies; American History; American Studies

eBook

Published: June 19, 2020
ISBN: 9780812297102