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Crowns of Glory, Tears of Blood : the Demerara Slave Rebellion of 1823.
This text explores the 1823 slave rebellion in Demerara (now Guyana) - one of the largest in history. The 60,000 black slaves who rose up against their British masters were brutally put down. The book looks at the conflict which gave the rebellion life and the forces which finally ended slavery.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1997.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This text explores the 1823 slave rebellion in Demerara (now Guyana) - one of the largest in history. The 60,000 black slaves who rose up against their British masters were brutally put down. The book looks at the conflict which gave the rebellion life and the forces which finally ended slavery. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (401 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-372) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780198024439 0198024436 9780195106565 0195106563 1280528907 9781280528903 0195355512 9780195355512 1429415630 9781429415637 |