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Author:

Kars, Marjoleine, author.

Title:

Blood on the river : a chronicle of mutiny and freedom on the Wild Coast / Marjoleine Kars.

Publisher:

The New Press,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

362 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Subject:

Slave insurrections--Berbice--Berbice--History--18th century.
Slaves--Guyana--Social conditions--18th century.
Berbice--History--18th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Rehearsal, 1762 -- Labor camps in the making -- 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.

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1620974592
9781620974599

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1140351962

LCCN:

2019053892

Locations:

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

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

YSPD232 -- Camanche Public Library (Camanche)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

GZPE631 -- Pella Public Library (Pella)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)