Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-224) and index.
Contents:
Chapter Eight. The Last Fight--Texas. Chapter One. Cruising down the Atlantic Coast -- Chapter Two. Sandy Beaches, Swaying Palm Trees, and Hoped-for Freedom in Nassau Town -- Chapter Three. 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue -- Chapter Four. Into the Whirlwind -- Chapter Five. Ashore in New Orleans -- Chapter Six. In the Creole's Wake, the Abolitionists Storm Washington, DC -- Chapter Seven. The Crucifixion of Joshua Giddings, the Abolitionists, and Anybody Who Supported the Mutineers aboard the Creole -- Chapter Eight. The Last Fight--Texas.
Summary:
"The Creole Rebellion tells the suspenseful story of a successful mutiny on board the slave ship Creole. En route for a New Orleans slave-auction block in November 1841, nineteen captives mutinied, killing one man and injuring several others. After taking control of the vessel, mutineer Madison Washington forced the crewmen to sail to the Bahamas. Despite much local hysteria upon their arrival, all of the 135 slaves aboard the ship won their freedom there.The revolt significantly fueled and amplified the slave debate within a divided nation that was already hurtling toward a Civil War. While this is a book about the United States confronting the ugly and tumultuous issue of slavery, it is also about the 135 enslaved men and women who were unwilling to take their oppression any longer and rose up to free themselves in a bloody fight. Part history, part adventure, and part legal drama, Bruce Chadwick chronicles the most successful slave revolt in the pages of American history"-- Provided by publisher.
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