Island on fire the revolt that ended slavery in the British Empire

"For five horrific weeks after Christmas in 1831, Jamaica was convulsed by an uprising of its enslaved people. What started as a peaceful labor strike quickly turned into a full-blown revolt, leaving hundreds of plantation houses smoking ruins. By the time British troops had put down the rebels...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zoellner, Tom (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts Harvard University Press 2020
Temas:
Sharpe, Sam, > 1801-1832.
Sharpe, Sam, > 1801-1832
1800-1899
Slavery > Jamaica > History > 19th century.
Slavery > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
HISTORY / Caribbean & West Indies / General
Slavery
Jamaica > History > Slave Insurrection, 1831-1832.
Jamaïque > Histoire > 1831 (Insurrection des esclaves)
Great Britain
Jamaica
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A suburb of Hell
  • Deacon Sharpe
  • A suburb of hell
  • King Sugar
  • Door of no return
  • The plot
  • Swear to me
  • The fires
  • One common ruin
  • Launched into eternity
  • Panic
  • Another island
  • Freedom
  • Aftermath

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