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1	Property more books like this by Valerie Martin add to wishlist Set during a slave rebellion in the days before the Civil War, PROPERTY is narrated by Manon Gaudet, a petulant and unhappy woman who runs a sugar plantation in Louisiana with her husband. Hopelessly innocent when she marries, Manon gradually realizes that her husband is a tyrannical slave-owner, and that he has forced a slave named Sarah to be ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.79! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Slave Revolution in the Caribbean, 1789-1804: A Brief History with Documents more books like this by Laurent DuBois, John D Garrigus add to wishlist The Haitian Revolution was the first slave rebellion to have a successful outcome, leading to the establishment of Haiti as a free black republic and paving the way for the emancipation of slaves in the rest of the French Empire and the world. In this broad selection of documents, the authors clarify for students the complex political, economic, ... see all copies from $7.00! new only from $12.19! \| SVS
3	The Spartacus War more books like this by Barry Strauss add to wishlist From an esteemed historian of the ancient world and popular guest on The History Channel comes the true story of the gladiator Spartacus, who led a slave rebellion that rocked and nearly destroyed the Roman Republic. b&w photos. see all copies from $3.00! new only from $3.10! \| first editions \| SVS
4	African People in World History more books like this by John Henrik Clarke add to wishlist This lecture surveys the impact African people have made on world history. Dr. Clarke guides the reader along a narrative journey that spans from antiquity through present times. see all copies from $6.45! new only from $8.95!
5	Master of the Crossroads more books like this by Madison Smartt Bell add to wishlist Toussaint L'Ouverture was a Haitian slave who helped fuel the revolution against the English plantation owners in Haiti in 1793. Madison Smartt Bell creates a portrait of Toussaint over a seven-year period in this biographical novel that illuminates not only the events of history but a complicated, tortured, passionate man. A New York Times ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.94! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Gabriel's Rebellion: The Virginia Slave Conspiracies of 1800 and 1802 more books like this by Douglas R Egerton add to wishlist "Gabriel's Rebellion" tells the dramatic story of what was perhaps the most extensive slave conspiracy in the history of the American South. Douglas Egerton illuminates the complex motivations that underlay two related Virginia slave revolts: the first, in 1800, led by the slave known as Gabriel; and the second, called the 'Easter Plot, ' ... see all copies from $5.88! new only from $25.48! \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Blackbirder: Book Two of the Brethren of the Coast more books like this by James L Nelson add to wishlist Former pirate Thomas Marlowe, who has settled in Virginia and freed his slaves, must pursue one of them, a man known as King James, after the captain of a slave ship is killed. The chase takes Marlowe and his friend Francis Bickerstaff to the high seas in a series of bloody encounters that culminate in an episode of betrayal in Africa. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Amistad Slave Revolt and American Abolition more books like this by K Zeinert add to wishlist Traces the 1839 revolt of Africans aboard the slave ship Amistad, their apprehension, and long trial which ended in their acquittal by the Supreme Court. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.99! \| SVS
9	Testimony of an Irish Slave Girl more books like this by Kate McCafferty add to wishlist Cot Daley, a young Irishwoman is kidnapped and sold in slavery to Barbados as an indentured servant. Because of her involvement in a failed rebellion, Cot must give testimony not only about what happened, but about her own experiences and her struggles. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.85! \| first editions \| SVS
10	From Rebellion to Revolution: Afro-American Slave Revolts in the Making of the Modern World more books like this by Eugene D Genovese add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $22.13! \| first editions \| SVS
11	The 1812 Aponte Rebellion in Cuba and the Struggle Against Atlantic Slavery more books like this by Matt D Childs add to wishlist In 1812, a series of revolts known collectively as the Aponte Rebellion erupted across the island of Cuba, comprising one of the largest and most important slave insurrections in Caribbean history. Matt Childs provides the first in-depth analysis of the rebellion, situating it in local, colonial, imperial, and Atlantic World contexts. Childs ... see all copies from $36.90! new only from $36.90!
12 view cover	Stono: Documenting and Interpreting a Southern Slave Revolt more books like this by Mark M Smith (Editor) add to wishlist A sourcebook for understanding an uprising that continues to incite historical debate. In the fall of 1739, as many as one hundred enslaved African and African Americans living within twenty miles of Charleston joined forces to strike down their white owners and march en masse toward Spanish Florida and freedom. More than sixty whites and thirty ... see all copies from $6.74! new only from $19.96! \| SVS
13 view cover	Slave Rebellion in Brazil: The Muslim Uprising of 1835 in Bahia more books like this by Joao Jose Reis, Professor Arthur Brakel (Translator) add to wishlist On the night of January 24, 1835, hundreds of African Muslim slaves poured into the streets of Salvador, capital of the Brazilian province of Bahia, to confront soldiers and armed civilians. Nearly 70 slaves were killed. More than 500 were sentenced to death, prison, whipping or deportation. Although the rebel slaves failed to win their freedom, ... see all copies from $6.50! new only from $14.92! \| SVS
14	Mutiny on the Amistad: The Saga of a Slave Revolt and Its Impact on American Abolition, Law, and Diplomacy more books like this by Howard Jones add to wishlist This book is the first full-scale treatment of the only instance in history in which African blacks, seized by slave dealers, won their freedom and returned home - the mutiny led by Joseph Cinque, a black African, in 1839 aboard the Spanish slave-ship AMISTAD in the Caribbean. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	Black mutiny; the revolt on the schooner Amistad more books like this by William A. Owens add to wishlist An account of a slave rebellion aboard the Spanish ship Amistad in 1839. En route from Africa to the West Indies, the slaves aboard ship mutinied and killed most of the the crew, but were then deceived by the captain, who steered the ship to the American shore rather than back to Africa as he had been ordered by his captors. In the U.S., the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.95! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	Story of the Amistad more books like this by Emma Gelders Sterne add to wishlist Gripping tale of the epic 1839 voyage of the schooner Amistad and her cargo of Africans bound for slavery in the New World. The Africans revolt, seize the ship, and start for home, but instead of reaching Africa they wind up in New England. Are they rebellious slaves and mutineers or honest men and women who sought to regain their freedom? That is ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99!
17 view cover	The Blackbirder more books like this by James L. Nelson add to wishlist Former pirate Thomas Marlowe, who has settled in Virginia and freed his slaves, must pursue one of them, a man known as King James, after the captain of a slave ship is killed. The chase takes Marlowe and his friend Francis Bickerstaff to the high seas in a series of bloody encounters that culminate in an episode of betrayal in Africa. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.83! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Igniting the Caribbean's Past: Fire in British West Indian History more books like this by Bonham C Richardson add to wishlist Unlike the earthquakes and hurricanes that have influenced Caribbean history, the region's fires have almost always been caused by humans. Geographer Bonham C. Richardson explores the effects of fire in the social and ecological history of the British Lesser Antilles, from the British Virgin Islands south to Trinidad. Focusing on the late ... see all copies from $3.40! new only from $4.98! \| SVS
19 view cover	Rebels Against Slavery: American Slave Revolts more books like this by Patricia C McKissack, Fredrick McKissack, Jr. add to wishlist The award-winning authors explore an important, neglected area of history. Here are exciting true stories of African-American rebels who fought against slavery, such as Cinque, leader of a slave ship revolt who went before the Supreme Court and won freedom for himself and his shipmates, Nat Turner, and many others. B&W photos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	The Great Negro Plot: A Tale of Conspiracy and Murder in Eighteenth-Century New York more books like this by Mat Johnson add to wishlist In 1741, New York, a presumed conspiracy involving black slaves and lower-class whites led to 17 black men, two white men, and two white women being hanged while another 13 black men were burned at the stake. This book reconstructs a little-known moment in American history, and sheds light on major political, cultural, and social issues that ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Chain of Voices more books like this by Andre Brink add to wishlist A fictional inquiry into the origins of apartheid. This sweeping novel employs 30 different narrators to tell the story of a South African slave uprising in the early 19th century, following the oppressors and the oppressed for three generations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.84! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	The Stamp of Glory more books like this by Mr. Tim Stafford add to wishlist Amid continuing debate over just how "Christian" are the Christian roots of the United States, "The Stamp of Glory" is the first book in a multigenerational family saga where the main characters interact with actual historical Christians who helped changed America for the better. The story of a fictional southern family intertwines across three ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $17.50! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Song for Anniho more books like this by Gayl Jones add to wishlist This book-length poem tells of the love of Almeyda for Anninho: they are both 17th-century residents of a Brazilian enclave of escaped African slaves, frustrated in their love by Portuguese soldiers who capture and mutilate Almeyda before she is rescued by a medicine woman who frees her to sing this song. see all copies from $2.05! new only from $3.09! \| SVS
24 view cover	Slumbering Volcano - PB more books like this by Maggie Sale, Maggie Montesinossale, Professor Donald E Pease (Editor) add to wishlist In "The Slumbering Volcano", Maggie Montesinos Sale investigates depictions of nineteenth-century slave ship revolts to explore the notion of rebellion in formulations of United States national identity. Analysing how such revolts inspired citizens to debate whether political theory directed at free men could be extended toward blacks, Sale ... see all copies from $2.29! new only from $4.98! \| first editions
25 view cover	Modernity Disavowed: Haiti and the Cultures of Slavery in the Age of Revolution more books like this by Sibylle Fischer add to wishlist On 1 January 1804, the revolutionary slaves of Saint Domingue established the first independent black state in the Americas and proclaimed their break with the French Republic. After more than a decade of protracted bloody battles, the only successful slave revolution in world history ended. The richest sugar colony of the New World was reduced to ... see all copies from $15.00! new only from $24.94! \| first editions

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