Rebels and Runaways : Slave Resistance in Nineteenth-Century Florida /

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This study examines slave resistance and protest in antebellum Florida and its local and national impact from 1821 to 1865. The author discusses Florida's historical significance as a runaway slave haven dating back to the 17th century.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rivers, Larry E., 1950- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2012]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Slaves > Social conditions.
Slaves.
Slave insurrections.
Fugitive slaves.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Slavery.
Esclaves > Floride > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Esclaves > Floride > Conditions sociales > 19e siecle.
Esclaves fugitifs > Floride > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Revoltes d'esclaves > Floride > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Slaves > Florida > History > 19th century.
Slaves > Florida > Social conditions > 19th century.
Fugitive slaves > Florida > History > 19th century.
Slave insurrections > Florida > History > 19th century.
Florida.
Floride > Histoire > 1821-1865.
Florida > History > 1821-1865.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Day-to-day resistance
  • Stepping up the degrees of resistance
  • Away without leave
  • A yearning for freedom
  • Destinations of runaways
  • Flight away from Florida
  • In search of kinfolk and loved ones
  • Catch the runaway
  • Slave violence
  • The second Seminole War
  • The Civil War.

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