Black Rebellion: A Selection from Travellers and Outlaws (The American Negro: His History and Literature)

Fired with an abolitionist's passion, these five true accounts of slave uprisings in Latin America and the United States are among the best writings we have of the struggle to end slavery in the Western hemisphere. Written by a dedicated antislavery crusader and first published in the Atlantic Monthly in the 1850s and 1860s, these highly readable essays combine in-depth research with assured, absorbing prose to tell fascinating and important of black warrior societies of the "Maroons," descendants of escaped slaves who lived in the jungles of the West Indies and South America; of Gabriel, whose dedication to throwing off the shackles of oppression turned him into a figure with an almost mystical aura; Nat Turner's furious insurrection; and more.American author and civil-rights activist THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINSON (1823-1911) also wrote Army Life in a Black Regiment (1870) and Common Sense About Women (1881).
ASIN: B0006BZ8U0
VSKU: RDV.B0006BZ8U0.G
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:Thomas Wentworth Higginson|James M. McPherson
Binding: Paperback