| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Awards |
Winner of the Cundill History Prize, 2021 |
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Frederick Douglass Book Prize, finalist, 2021 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Rehearsal, 1762 -- Labor camps in the making -- Overthrow -- Governing -- The Long Atlantic Reach -- Expanding the revolution -- Stalemate -- Rebellious soldiers -- Palace revolution -- Turn of the tide -- The Battle for the Berbice -- Wild sang & little glory -- Outsourcing the war -- Justice sideways -- Epilogue |
| Summary |
A breathtakingly original work of history that uncovers a massive slave revolt that almost changed the face of the Americas On Sunday, February 27, 1763, thousands of slaves in the Dutch colony of Berbice'in present-day Guyana'launched a massive rebellion which came amazingly close to succeeding. Surrounded by jungle and savannah, the revolutionaries (many of them African-born) and Europeans struck and parried for an entire year. In the end, the Dutch prevailed because of one unique advantage'their ability to get soldiers and supplies from neighboring colonies and from Europe. Blood on the River is the explosive story of this little-known revolution, one that almost changed the face of the Americas. Drawing on nine hundred interrogation transcripts collected by the Dutch when the Berbice rebellion finally collapsed, and which were subsequently buried in Dutch archives, historian Marjoleine Kars reconstructs an extraordinarily rich day-by-day account of this pivotal event. Blood on the River provides a rare in-depth look at the political vision of enslaved people at the dawn of the Age of Revolution and introduces us to a set of real characters, vividly drawn against the exotic tableau of a riverine world of plantations, rainforest, and Carib allies who controlled a vast South American hinterland. An astonishing original work of history, Blood on the River will change our understanding of revolutions, slavery, and of the story of freedom in the New World |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Slave rebellions -- Guyana -- Berbice -- History -- 18th century.
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Slave rebellions. |
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Guyana -- Berbice. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
| Subject |
Enslaved persons -- Guyana -- Social conditions -- 18th century.
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Enslaved persons. |
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Social conditions. |
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Berbice -- History -- 18th century.
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Guyana. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global) |
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Enslaved persons -- Social conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
1700-1799 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Recorded Books, Inc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version Kars, Marjoleine Blood on the river New York : The New Press, 2020 9781620974599 (DLC) 2019053892 (OCoLC)1140351962 |
| ISBN |
9781620974605 electronic book |
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1620974606 electronic book |
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9781620974599 |
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1620974592 |
| Music No. |
EB00786228 Recorded Books |
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