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Island on Fire : The Revolt That Ended Slavery in the British Empire
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Title
Island on Fire : The Revolt That Ended Slavery in the British Empire / Tom Zoellner.
ISBN
9780674246072
Publication
Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2020]
Copyright Notice Date
©2020
Physical Description
1 online resource (368 p.)
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Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
In English.
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Summary
In 1831 enslaved Jamaicans revolted. What began as a peaceful movement soon became a bloodbath as British troops retaliated. Tom Zoellner tells the inspiring story of the uprising that galvanized antislavery forces in Britain and led directly to abolition two years later.
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De Gruyter University Press eBook pilot project 2020.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 17, 2022
Contents
Frontmatter
contents
Introduction
1. A Suburb of Hell
2. Deacon Sharpe
3. King Sugar
4. The Door of No Return
5. The Plot
6. Swear to Me
7. The Fires
8. One Common Ruin
9. Launched into Eternity
10. Panic
11. Another Island
12. Freedom
13. Aftermath
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index
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