Contents |
Revolution -- Night and day -- Blood -- Warships -- Invasion -- Lessons -- Plantation -- Flight -- Fight -- Crisis -- Agents -- Fire bell -- Appendix A. Corotoman slave families, 1814 -- Appendix B. Numbers. |
Abstract |
Drawn from new sources, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian presents a narrative that recreates the events that inspired hundreds of slaves to pressure British admirals into becoming liberators by using their intimate knowledge of the countryside to transform the war. |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 443-584) and index. |
LCCN | 2013009643 |
ISBN | 9780393073713 (hardcover) |
ISBN | 0393073718 (hardcover) |