American slave revolts and conspiracies : a reference guide /

"Hundreds of slave revolts and conspiracies occurred during the two centuries that North America engaged in slavery. None were successful, but certain campaigns were significant enough to inspire other revolts, fuel a chronic fear of uprising in slaveholders and politicians, and keep alive the...

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Main Author: Walters, Kerry S. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, an Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2015]
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Table of Contents:
  • Chronology of events
  • Prologue: Panic in Westmoreland County
  • State of siege
  • The Stono Revolt
  • The 1741 New York conspiracy
  • The Prosser conspiracy
  • The German Coast Revolt
  • Negro Fort resistance
  • The Vesey conspiracy
  • Nat Turner's Revolt
  • The Cheneyville conspiracy
  • The Creole Revolt
  • The Second Creek conspiracy
  • Biographies
  • Thomas Bennett
  • William Bull
  • William Claiborne
  • Sir Francis Cockburn
  • William Lloyd Garrison
  • Thomas Ruffin Gray
  • James Hamilton
  • Daniel Horsmanden
  • James Monroe
  • Solomon Northup
  • Primary documents
  • Stono Revolt
  • The New York conspiracy
  • The Prossor conspiracy
  • The German Coast Revolt
  • Negro Fort resistance
  • The Vesey conspiracy
  • Nat Turner's Revolt
  • The Cheneyville conspiracy
  • The Creole Revolt
  • The second Creek conspiracy
  • Analytical essays
  • Perspectives: The Stono Rebellion
  • Counterfactual essay: Gabriel Prosser's revolt
  • Turning point: Nat Turner's Revolt
  • Primary document essay: The condemnation of Denmark Vesey.