Patrick H Breen

The Land Shall Be Deluged in Blood

A New History of the Nat Turner Revolt

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Produktbeschreibung

An original reinterpretation of the Nat Turner revolt, This Land Shall Be Deluged retells the story of how slave rebels challenged the slaveholders' authority in Southampton, Virginia. Paying careful attention to the dynamics among slaves and free, it reveals something surprising about both the fragility and power of slavery.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 165mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9780199828005
• ISBN-10: 0199828008
• Artikelnr.: 47870985

Autorenporträt

Patrick Breen is an assistant professor of history at Providence College.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Ch 1 Signs
Ch 2 The First Blood
Ch 3 To Jerusalem
Ch 4 Where Are the Facts?
Ch 5 The Coolest and Most Judicious Among Us
Ch 6 Long and Elaborate Arguments
Ch 7 Communion
Conclusion
Afterword: Thomas R. Gray, Nat Turner, and the Authorial Voice of The Confessions of Nat Turner
Notes
Bibliography
Index