American Uprising - The Untold Story of America's Largest Slave Revolt

In January of 1811, 500 slaves, dressed in military uniforms and armed with guns, cane knives and axes, marched on the city of New Orleans. Highly organized, ethnically diverse and politically astute, this self-made army challenged not only the economic system of plantation agriculture but also the policy of American expansionism. This event marked the largest act of armed resistance against slavery in the history of the United States. In the groundbreaking American Uprising, Daniel Rasmussen explores the 1811 rebellion and its effect on the young nation. Although contemporary writers tried to erase this event from history, the slave revolutionaries who fought and died for justice and the hope of freedom in 1811 have not been forgotten; instead, the rebellion had a significant impact on the conflicts that would ultimately lead to the Civil War. Daniel Rasmussen graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard University in 2009, where he won the Kathryn Ann Huggins Prize, the Perry Miller Prize, and the Thomas Temple Hoopes Prize. ''This book would be a major accomplishment for any historian; for an historian at such an early stage in his career, it is breathtaking.'' - Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Product details

• Authors: Daniel Rasmussen
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.01.2012
• EAN: 9780061995224
• ISBN: 978-0-06-199522-4
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 17 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY: WORLD, HISTORY: Social History, HISTORY: AMERICAN, HISTORY: United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), HISTORY: MILITARY, HISTORY: African American & Black, HISTORY: Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), POLITICAL SCIENCE: Political Freedom, POLITICAL SCIENCE: Civil Rights, HISTORY: Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions