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Crowns of Glory, Tears of Blood

The Demerara Slave Rebellion Of 1823

Crowns of Glory, Tears of Blood( )
Author: da Costa, Emilia Viotti
ISBN:978-0-19-508298-2
Publication Date:Sep 1993
Publisher:Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $42.95
Book Description:

On the night of August 17, 1823, the distinctly African sounds of blaring shell-horns and beating drums signalled the start of one of the most massive slave rebellions in the history of the Western Hemisphere, the uprising in the British colony of Demerara (now Guyana). That evening, nine to twelve thousand slaves surrounded the main houses of about sixty plantations, armed with cutlasses, knives fastened on poles, and guns. They broke down doors, smashed windows, commandeered arms and...
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Book Details
Pages:400
Detailed Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Religious
History / Latin America / South America
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):16.51 x 24.13 x 3.607 cm
Book Weight:0.818 Kilograms



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