All for Liberty: The Charleston Workhouse Slave Rebellion of 1849

ISBN-13: 9781108716918 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 256 str.

Jeff Strickland

Opis

The story of Nicholas Kelly, an enslaved man who gave his life for liberty leading the Charleston workhouse slave rebellion.

Recenzje

'Strickland's accessible prose, narrative style, and comprehensive contextualization mix well with his fascinating and enlightening analyses of the workhouse and urban enslavement.' William D. Jones, Journal of Southern History

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Slave insurrections in the age of revolutions; 2. The slave workhouse; 3. Urban slavery; 4. The legal implications of slave resistance; 5. Rebellion at the workhouse; 6. Investigating the rebellion; 7. The crisis of fear in South Carolina; Conclusion.