"Breathtaking. Rasmussen's] scholarly detective work reveals a fascinating narrative of slavery and resistance, but it also tells us something about history itself--about how fiction can become fact, and how 'history' is sometimes nothing more than erasure." --Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
"Deeply researched, vividly written, and highly original." --Eric Foner
Historian Daniel Rasmussen reveals the long-forgotten history of America's largest slave uprising, the New Orleans slave revolt of 1811. In an epic, illuminating narrative, Rasmussen offers new insight into American...
"Breathtaking. Rasmussen's] scholarly detective work reveals a fascinating narrative of slavery and resistance, but it also tells us something about ...
"Breathtaking. Rasmussen's] scholarly detective work reveals a fascinating narrative of slavery and resistance, but it also tells us something about history itself--about how fiction can become fact, and how 'history' is sometimes nothing more than erasure." --Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
"Deeply researched, vividly written, and highly original." --Eric Foner
Historian Daniel Rasmussen reveals the long-forgotten history of America's largest slave uprising, the New Orleans slave revolt of 1811. In an epic, illuminating narrative, Rasmussen offers new insight into American...
"Breathtaking. Rasmussen's] scholarly detective work reveals a fascinating narrative of slavery and resistance, but it also tells us something about ...
