American Negro Slave Revolts / / Herbert Aptheker.

A study of the African American slave revolts in the United States, showing evidence for the prevalence of rebellion and the destruction of the myth of docility. Looks at the rebellions led by Nat Turner, Denmark Vesey, and Gabriel.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CUP eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1943]
©1943
Year of Publication:1943
Language:English
Series:Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law ; 501
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENT
  • CONTENTS
  • CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION
  • CHAPTER II. THE FEAR OF REBELLION
  • CHAPTER III. THE MACHINERY OF CONTROL
  • CHAPTER IV. SOME PRECIPITANTS OF REBELLION
  • CHAPTER V. FURTHER CAUSES OF REBELLION
  • CHAPTER VI. INDIVIDUAL ACTS OF RESISTANCE
  • CHAPTER VII. EXAGGERATION, DISTORTION, CENSORSHIP
  • CHAPTER VIII. EARLY PLOTS AND REBELLIONS
  • CHAPTER IX. 1791-1809
  • CHAPTER Χ. 1810-1819
  • CHAPTER XI. 1820-1830
  • CHAPTER XII. THE TURNER CATACLYSM
  • CHAPTER XIII. 1835-1849
  • CHAPTER XIV. 1850-1860
  • CHAPTER XV. THE CIVIL WAR YEARS
  • CHAPTER XVI. CONCLUSION
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX