Notice bibliographique
- Notice
Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Strickland, Jeffery Glenn (1970-....)
Titre(s) : All for liberty [Texte imprimé] : the Charleston Workhouse Slave Rebellion of 1849 / Jeff Strickland
Publication : Cambridge (GB) : Cambridge University Press, 2022
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XII-276 p.) : ill., cartes ; 23 cm
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr. p. 208-241. Bibliogr. p. 242-269. Index
"Jeff Strickland tells the powerful story of Nicholas Kelly, the enslaved craftsman
who led the Charleston Workhouse Slave Rebellion, the largest slave revolt in the
history of the antebellum American South. With two accomplices, some sledgehammers,
pickaxes, Kelly risked his life and helped thirty-two enslaved people escape the workhouse
where they had been sent by their enslavers to be tortured. While Nat Turner, Gabriel
Prosser, and Denmark Vesey remain the most recognizable rebels, the pivotal role of
Kelly is often forgotten. All for liberty centers his rebellion as a decisive moment
leading up to the secession of South Carolina from the United States in 1861. This
compelling micro-history navigates between Kelly's story and the age of Atlantic revolutions,
while also considering the parallels between race and incarceration in the nineteenth
century and in modern America. Never before has the story of Nicholas Kelly been so
eloquently told"--Dust jacket
Sujet(s) : Kelly, Nicholas (....-1849)
Révoltes d'esclaves -- États-Unis -- Charleston (S.C., États-Unis) -- 19e siècle
Esclavage -- États-Unis -- Charleston (S.C., États-Unis) -- 19e siècle
Indice(s) Dewey :
975.791 503 (23e éd.) = Histoire - États-Unis - Charleston - 1776-1865
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781108492591 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46945559x
Notice n° :
FRBNF46945559
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Slave insurrections in the age of revolutions ; The slave workhouse ; Urban slavery
; The legal implication of slave resistance ; Rebellion at the workhouse ; Investigating
the rebellion ; The crisis of fear in South Carolina.
