ISBN:
9781108592345
,
9781108492591
,
9781108716918
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 276 pages)
,
digital, PDF file(s).
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Strickland, Jeffery Glenn, 1970 - All for liberty
DDC:
975.7/91503
Keywords:
Kelly, Nicholas
;
Slave insurrections History 19th century
;
Slave insurrections Historiography
;
Slavery History 19th century
;
HISTORY / African American & Black
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Charleston Workhouse Slave Rebellion, Charleston, S.C., 1849
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Charleston, SC
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Sklavenaufstand
;
Geschichtsschreibung
;
Geschichte 1849
Abstract:
Jeff Strickland tells the powerful story of Nicholas Kelly, the enslaved craftsman who led the Charleston Workhouse Slave Rebellion, the largest slave revolt in the history of the antebellum American South. With two accomplices, some sledgehammers, and pickaxes, Nicholas risked his life and helped thirty-six fellow enslaved people escape the workhouse where they had been sent by their enslavers to be tortured. While Nat Turner, Gabriel Prosser, and Denmark Vesey remain the most recognizable rebels, the pivotal role of Nicholas Kelly is often forgotten. All for Liberty centers his rebellion as a decisive moment leading up to the secession of South Carolina from the United States in 1861. This compelling micro-history navigates between Nicholas's story and the Age of Atlantic Revolutions, while also considering the parallels between race and incarceration in the nineteenth century and in modern America. Never before has the story of Nicholas Kelly been so eloquently told.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Dec 2021)
DOI:
10.1017/9781108592345
DOI:
10.1017/9781108592345
