| American Uprising: The Untold Story of America's Largest Slave Revolt Contributor(s): Rasmussen, Daniel (Author) |
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ISBN: 0062017888 ISBN-13: 9780062017888 Publisher: Harper Large Print OUR PRICE: $25.64 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - History | United States - 19th Century - Social Science | Slavery |
| Dewey: 976.303 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.79 lbs) 324 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Topical - Black History - Locality - New Orleans, Louisiana - Geographic Orientation - Louisiana - Cultural Region - Deep South - Cultural Region - South |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Breathtaking. Rasmussen's] scholarly detective work reveals a fascinating narrative of slavery and resistance, but it also tells us something about history itself--about how fiction can become fact, and how 'history' is sometimes nothing more than erasure." --Henry Louis Gates, Jr. "Deeply researched, vividly written, and highly original." --Eric Foner Historian Daniel Rasmussen reveals the long-forgotten history of America's largest slave uprising, the New Orleans slave revolt of 1811. In an epic, illuminating narrative, Rasmussen offers new insight into American expansionism, the path to Civil War, and the earliest grassroots push to overcome slavery. |
Contributor Bio(s): Rasmussen, Daniel: - Daniel Rasmussen graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard University in 2009, winning the Kathryn Ann Huggins Prize, the Perry Miller Prize, and the Thomas Temple Hoopes Prize. |