American Negro Slave Revolts

Herbert Aptheker

Published by Columbia University Press 1943

American Negro Slave Revolts

Herbert Aptheker

Volume 501 in the series Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law

https://doi.org/10.7312/apth90268

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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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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	9
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
CHAPTER II. THE FEAR OF REBELLION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	18
CHAPTER III. THE MACHINERY OF CONTROL Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
CHAPTER IV. SOME PRECIPITANTS OF REBELLION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
CHAPTER V. FURTHER CAUSES OF REBELLION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	114
CHAPTER VI. INDIVIDUAL ACTS OF RESISTANCE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	140
CHAPTER VII. EXAGGERATION, DISTORTION, CENSORSHIP Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	150
CHAPTER VIII. EARLY PLOTS AND REBELLIONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	162
CHAPTER IX. 1791-1809 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
CHAPTER Χ. 1810-1819 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	244
CHAPTER XI. 1820-1830 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	264
CHAPTER XII. THE TURNER CATACLYSM Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	293
CHAPTER XIII. 1835-1849 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	325
CHAPTER XIV. 1850-1860 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	340
CHAPTER XV. THE CIVIL WAR YEARS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	359
CHAPTER XVI. CONCLUSION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	368
BIBLIOGRAPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	375
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	407

Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Copyright year: 1943
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 412

eBook

Published: March 2, 1943
ISBN: 9780231877893