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Author:

Brown, Vincent, 1967- author.

Title:

Tacky's revolt : the story of an Atlantic slave war / Vincent Brown.

Publisher:

The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

viii, 320 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Subject:

Slave insurrections--Jamaica--History--18th century.
Slavery--Jamaica--History--18th century.
Great Britain--Colonies--America.
British colonies.
Slave insurrections.
Slavery.
America.
Jamaica.
1700-1799
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Prologue: The path to Rebel's Barricade -- War's empire -- The Jamaica garrison -- Coromantee territory -- Tacky's Revolt -- The Coromantee war -- Routes of reverberation -- Epilogue: The age of slave war.

Summary:

"Tacky's revolt, in modern-day Jamaica, was the largest slave uprising in the eighteenth-century British Atlantic. A strikingly modern guerilla conflict, the revolt inspired both fear of and sympathy toward black lives. Vincent Brown offers a gripping account of the fighting and its reverberations across an interconnected world"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0674737571
9780674737570

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1112789265

LCCN:

2019028499

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

ETPD745 -- Emmetsburg Public Library (Emmetsburg)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)