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03505aam a2200517 i 4500 001 9D337868969D11EBB000DAFF5DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210406010037 008 191101t20202020mauabc b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2019045203 020 $a 0674984307 020 $a 9780674984301 035 $a (OCoLC)1112276436 040 $a MH/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCL $d YDX $d GZN $d CHVBK $d OCLCO $d IL4J6 $d OCLCO $d GYG $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-uk--- $a e-uk--- 050 00 $a HT1096 $b .Z54 2020 082 00 $a 326/.8097292 $2 23 100 1 $a Zoellner, Tom, $e author. 245 10 $a Island on fire : $b the revolt that ended slavery in the British Empire / $c Tom Zoellner. 264 1 $a Cambridge, Massachusetts : $b Harvard University Press, $c 2020. 300 $a 363 pages : $b illustrations, map, portraits ; $c 22 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-341) and index. 505 00 $t Aftermath. $t Deacon Sharpe -- $t A suburb of hell -- $t King Sugar -- $t Door of no return -- $t The plot -- $t Swear to me -- $t The fires -- $t One common ruin -- $t Launched into eternity -- $t Panic -- $t Another island -- $t Freedom -- $t Aftermath. 520 $a "For five horrific weeks after Christmas in 1831, Jamaica was convulsed by an uprising of its enslaved people. What started as a peaceful labor strike quickly turned into a full-blown revolt, leaving hundreds of plantation houses smoking ruins. By the time British troops had put down the rebels, more than a thousand Jamaicans lay dead from summary executions and extrajudicial murder. While the rebels lost their military gamble, their sacrifice accelerated the larger struggle for freedom in the British Atlantic. The daring and suffering of the Jamaicans galvanized public opinion throughout the empire, resulting in a decisive turn against slavery. For centuries bondage had fed Britain's appetite for sugar. Within two years of the Christmas rebellion, slavery was formally abolished. Island on Fire is a dramatic day-by-day account of this transformative uprising. A skillful storyteller, Tom Zoellner goes back to the primary sources to tell the intimate story of the men and women who tasted liberty for a few brief weeks. He memorably evokes the sights and sounds of the Caribbean in the 1830s, provides the first full portrait of its enigmatic leader Samuel Sharpe, and gives us a poignant glimpse of the dreams of the many Jamaicans who died for liberty"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Sharpe, Sam, $d 1801-1832. 600 17 $a Sharpe, Sam, $d 1801-1832. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01677865 600 17 $a Sharpe, Sam, $d 1801-1832. $2 nli 650 0 $a Slavery $z Jamaica $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Slavery $z Great Britain $x History $y 19th century. 651 0 $a Jamaica $x History $y Slave Insurrection, 1831. 650 7 $a Slavery. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01120426 651 7 $a Great Britain. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204623 651 7 $a Jamaica. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01211575 650 7 $a Sklavenaufstand $2 gnd 651 7 $a Jamaika $2 gnd 650 7 $a Slavery $z Jamaica $x History $y 19th century. $2 nli 650 7 $a Slavery $z Great Britain $x History $y 19th century. $2 nli 651 7 $a Jamaica $x History $y Slave Insurrection, 1831. $2 nli 648 7 $a 1800-1899 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 941 $a 2 952 $l RFPC397 $d 20210703010613.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20210505012925.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9D337868969D11EBB000DAFF5DECA4DB 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search