Denmark Vesey's revolt : the slave plot that lit a fuse to Fort Sumter / John Lofton

By:

Lofton, John [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Ohio : The Kent State University Press, c1982Description: xix, 287 pages ; 21 cmISBN:

087338296X

Subject(s):

CHARLESTON (SC) -- SLAVE INSURRECTION -- 1822

LOC classification:

F 279 .L64 1982

Contents:

1. A key port -- 2. Slavery in the islands -- 3. Slave life at sea -- 4. Slave city in a free republic -- 5. Burden bearer in south carolina -- 6. Seeds of insurrection -- 7. The half-free community -- 8. Mainstream of reaction -- 9. Eddies of revolution.

Summary: The objectives of this book are to portray the thread of the captain's life from the time it was first interwoven with that of the young slave, and to examine what effect this inter-weaving may have had on the fabric of denmark's character and what effect the social milieu of man and slave may have had in producing a man of revolution.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	National University - Manila	LRC - Annex Relegation Room	Political Science	GC F 279 .L64 1982 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c.1	Available		NULIB000004487

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Includes index.

The objectives of this book are to portray the thread of the captain's life from the time it was first interwoven with that of the young slave, and to examine what effect this inter-weaving may have had on the fabric of denmark's character and what effect the social milieu of man and slave may have had in producing a man of revolution.

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