Tacky's revolt : the story of an Atlantic slave war
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Published
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2020.
Format
Book
ISBN
9780674737570, 0674737571
Physical Desc
viii, 320 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
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Published
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2020.
Language
English
ISBN
9780674737570, 0674737571
UPC
40029637883
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-308) and index.
Description
"Tacky's revolt, in modern-day Jamaica, was the largest slave uprising in the eighteenth-century British Atlantic. A strikingly modern guerilla conflict, the revolt inspired both fear of and sympathy toward black lives. Vincent Brown offers a gripping account of the fighting and its reverberations across an interconnected world"--,Provided by publisher.
Awards
Finalist for the Cundill Prize in Historical Literature, 2020.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Brown, V. (2020). Tacky's revolt: the story of an Atlantic slave war . The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Brown, Vincent, 1967-. 2020. Tacky's Revolt: The Story of an Atlantic Slave War. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Brown, Vincent, 1967-. Tacky's Revolt: The Story of an Atlantic Slave War The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Brown, Vincent. Tacky's Revolt: The Story of an Atlantic Slave War The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2020.
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