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050 00 $aHT1096$b.Z54 2020
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100 1 $aZoellner, Tom,$eauthor.
245 10 $aIsland on fire :$bthe revolt that ended slavery in the British Empire /$cTom Zoellner.
264 1 $aCambridge, Massachusetts :$bHarvard University Press,$c2020.
264 4 $c©2020
300 $a363 pages :$billustrations, map, portraits ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
386 $mGender group:$ngdr$aMen$2lcdgt
386 $mNationality/regional group:$nnat$aAmericans$2lcdgt
386 $mOccupational/field of activity group:$nocc$aUniversity and college faculty members$2lcdgt
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [285]-341) and index.
505 00 $tA suburb of Hell --$tDeacon Sharpe --$tKing Sugar --$tDoor of no return --$tThe plot --$tSwear to me --$tThe fires --$tOne common ruin --$tLaunched into eternity --$tPanic --$tAnother island --$tFreedom --$tAftermath.
520 $a"For five horrific weeks after Christmas in 1831, Jamaica was convulsed by an uprising of its enslaved people. What started as a peaceful labor strike quickly turned into a full-blown revolt, leaving hundreds of plantation houses smoking ruins. By the time British troops had put down the rebels, more than a thousand Jamaicans lay dead from summary executions and extrajudicial murder. While the rebels lost their military gamble, their sacrifice accelerated the larger struggle for freedom in the British Atlantic. The daring and suffering of the Jamaicans galvanized public opinion throughout the empire, resulting in a decisive turn against slavery. For centuries bondage had fed Britain's appetite for sugar. Within two years of the Christmas rebellion, slavery was formally abolished. Island on Fire is a dramatic day-by-day account of this transformative uprising. A skillful storyteller, Tom Zoellner goes back to the primary sources to tell the intimate story of the men and women who tasted liberty for a few brief weeks. He memorably evokes the sights and sounds of the Caribbean in the 1830s, provides the first full portrait of its enigmatic leader Samuel Sharpe, and gives us a poignant glimpse of the dreams of the many Jamaicans who died for liberty"--$cProvided by publisher.
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