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The River Flows On : Black Resistance, Culture, and Identity Formation in Early America /

"The River Flows On is broad study of slave resistance in America, spanning the colonial and antebellum eras in both the North and South and covering all forms of recalcitrance, from major revolts and rebellions to everyday acts of disobedience. Walter C. Rucker analyzes American slave resistan...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Rucker, Walter C., 1970-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2006.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Fires of discontent, echoes of Africa : the 1712 New York City revolt
  • "Only draw in your countrymen" : the 1741 New York City conspiracy revisited
  • Dance, conjure, and flight : culture and resistance in colonial South Carolina
  • "We will wade to our knees in blood" : blacksmiths and ritual spaces in Gabriel Prosser's conspiracy
  • "I will gather all nations" : ethnic collaboration in Denmark Vesey's Charleston plot
  • "I was ordained for some great purpose" : conjure, Christianity, and Nat Turner's revolt
  • Folklore and the creation of an African American identity.