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EBOOK Runaway Slaves:Rebels on the Plantation

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Wydawnictwo: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199840250
EAN: 89E8C433EB
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Stron: 480
Data wydania: 1999
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Rebels on the Plantation
This new, bold, precedent-setting study conclusively demonstrates that, contrary        to popular belief, significant numbers of slaves did quite frequently rebel against        their masters and struggled to attain their freedom. By surveying a wealth of        documents, such as planters' records, petitions to county courts and state        legislatures, and local newspapers, the book shows readers how slaves resisted;        when, where, and how they escaped; where they fled to; how long they remained in        hiding; and how they survived away from the plantation. Of equal importance, it also        examines the reactions of the white slaveholding class, revealing how they marshaled        considerable effort to prevent runaways, meted out severe punishments, and        established patrols to hunt down escaped slaves.Reflecting a lifetime of thought by        one of our leading authorities on African-American history, Runaway Slaves        illuminates as never before the true nature of that "e;most peculiar institution"e; of        the South.

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