Berbice and Turkeyen Campuses
Blood on the river :
by Kars, Marjoleine
Published by : The New P., (New York :) Physical details: 362 pages : ill., maps, photos. ISBN: 9781620974599. Subject(s): Slave insurrections -- Guyana -- Berbice -- History -- 18th century. | Slaves -- Guyana -- Social conditions -- 18th century. | Berbice -- History -- 18th century. Year: 2020| Item type | Location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due |
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 2 Hours Loan |
Turkeyen Campus
Caribbean Research Library
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Book | HT1140.B4 K37 (Browse shelf) | Available | |
| 2 Hours Loan |
Turkeyen Campus
Caribbean Research Library
|
Book | HT1140.B4 K37 (Browse shelf) | Available |
(The untold story of the Berbice slave rebellion blood on the river a chronicle of mutiny and freedom on the wild coast) on cover
Includes bibliographical references, and index.
Rehearsal -- Labor camps -- 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.
"The story of a massive eighteenth-century slave rebellion in the Dutch colony of Berbice (now Guyana) which had been all but forgotten. Historian Marjoleine Kars recovers a riveting tale from the archives, including rare first-person accounts from African-born slaves"--
Gift Gift Oct. 12, 2022 c/c 304674 $6,100 Glenyss James
Gift Gift Oct. 12, 2022 c/c 304675 $6,100 Glenyss James
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