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Calling out liberty : the Stono slave rebellion and the universal struggle for human rights /

On Sunday, September 9, 1739, twenty Kongolese slaves armed themselves by breaking into a storehouse near the Stono River south of Charleston, South Carolina. They killed twenty-three white colonists, joined forces with other slaves, and marched toward Spanish Florida. There they expected to find fr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shuler, Jack
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, ©2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:On Sunday, September 9, 1739, twenty Kongolese slaves armed themselves by breaking into a storehouse near the Stono River south of Charleston, South Carolina. They killed twenty-three white colonists, joined forces with other slaves, and marched toward Spanish Florida. There they expected to find freedom. One report claims the rebels were overheard shouting, "Liberty!" Before the day ended, however, the rebellion was crushed, and afterwards many surviving rebels were executed. South Carolina rapidly responded with a comprehensive slave code. The Negro Act reinforced white power throu
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 217 pages) : map
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-210) and index.
ISBN:9781604734737
1604734736
1282484788
9781282484788