The University of the West Indies Press
Slaves Who Abolished Slavery: Blacks in Rebellion
Richard Hart
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Slaves Who Abolished Slavery: Blacks in Rebellion
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A study of the Maroon Wars and the many slave rebellions and revolts in Jamaica. Richard Hart seeks to avoid polemics and emphasizes that the Jamaican rebels forced the British government to reset the agenda for emancipation and the slaves gained their freedom sooner than anticipated.

Language
English
ISBN
9789766401108
PREFACE
CONTENTS
1. THE BEGINNING OF BLACK RESISTANCE
2. THE FIRST MAROON WAR
3. NANNY TOWN
4. "THE MORE HONOURABLE TO THEM"
5. THE BLACK GENDARMES
6. TACKY'S WAR
7. THE SECOND MAROON WAR
8. OF PEACE AND PERFIDY
9. THE PERILS OF FREEDOM
10. THE CONSPIRACIES OF 1815 AND 1823-23
11. SAM SHARPE - ORGANISER OF THE EMANCIPATION REBELLION
12. "KENSINGTON ON FIRE"
13. 20,000 SLAVES IN REBELLiON
14. THE COST OF THE REBELLION
15. THE REBELS RE-SET THE TIME TABLE
REFERENCES
INDEX TO PERSONS
GENERAL INDEX
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