Cry Liberty The Great Stono River Slave Rebellion Of 1739 |
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| Author:
| Hoffer, Peter Charles |
| Series title: | New Narratives in American History Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-538661-5 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2010 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $20.95 |
Book Description:
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The book narrates the Stono River uprising of 1739, a slave rebellion that took the lives of over two dozen whites and as many as two hundred blacks in colonial South Carolina, was the largest North American mainland slave insurrection during the English colonial era.
The book narrates the Stono River uprising of 1739, a slave rebellion that took the lives of over two dozen whites and as many as two hundred blacks in colonial South Carolina, was the largest North American mainland slave insurrection during the English colonial era.