Blood on the river a chronicle of mutiny and freedom on the Wild Coast
"The story of a massive eighteenth-century slave rebellion in the Dutch colony of Berbice (now Guyana) which had been all but forgotten. Historian Marjoleine Kars recovers a riveting tale from the archives, including rare first-person accounts from African-born slaves"--
| Main Author: | Kars, Marjoleine (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
The New Press,
[2020]
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Table of Contents:
- Rehearsal
- Labor camps
- Overthrow
- Governing
- The Long Atlantic Reach
- Expanding the revolution
- Stalemate
- Rebellious soldiers
- Palace revolution
- Turn of the tide
- The Battle for the Berbice
- Wild sang & little glory
- Outsourcing the war
- Justice sideways
- Epilogue.