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Larry Eugene Rivers - Rebels and Runaways: Slave Resistance in Nineteenth-Century Florida - 9780252036910 - V9780252036910
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Rebels and Runaways: Slave Resistance in Nineteenth-Century Florida

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Description for Rebels and Runaways: Slave Resistance in Nineteenth-Century Florida Hardback. Argues persuasively that the size, scope, and intensity of black resistance in the Second Seminole War makes it the largest sustained slave insurrection in American history. Series: The New Black Studies Series. Num Pages: 264 pages, 32 black and white photographs, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 590.
This gripping study examines slave resistance and protest in antebellum Florida and its local and national impact from 1821 to 1865. Using a variety of sources such as slaveholders' wills and probate records, ledgers, account books, court records, oral histories, and numerous newspaper accounts, Larry Eugene Rivers discusses the historical significance of Florida as a runaway slave haven dating back to the seventeenth century and explains Florida's unique history of slave resistance and protest. In moving detail, Rivers illustrates what life was like for enslaved blacks whose families were pulled asunder as they relocated from the Upper South to the ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Series
The New Black Studies Series
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252036910
SKU
V9780252036910
Shipping Time
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About Larry Eugene Rivers
Larry Eugene Rivers is president of Fort Valley State University in central Georgia and the author of Slavery in Florida: Territorial Days to Emancipation.

Reviews for Rebels and Runaways: Slave Resistance in Nineteenth-Century Florida
Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore Award, Florida Historical Society, 2013. Bronze Medal, Florida Book Awards Nonfiction Category, 2013. "Offered new insightful research on Florida's unique role in slave resistance. . . . Recommended."
Choice "While discussing the nature of slave resistance in antebellum Florida, Rivers offers a convincing argument for unique conditions for rebellion in Florida. A fine analysis of ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Rebels and Runaways: Slave Resistance in Nineteenth-Century Florida


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