Rebels, Reformers, and Revolutionaries - Collected Essays and Second Thoughts

This collection of essays examines the lives and thoughts of three interrelated Southern groups - enslaved rebels, conservative white reformers, and white revolutionaries -presenting a clear and cogent understanding of race, reform, and conservatism in early American history.

List of contents

Section I 1. Black Independence Struggles and the Tale of Two Revolutions 2. The Tricolor in Black and White 3. An Upright Man: Gabriel's Virginia and the Path to Slave Rebellion 4. Gabriel's Conspiracry and the Election of 1800 5. Fly Across the River: The Easter Slave Conspiracry of 1802 6. Why They Did Not Preach Up This Thing: Denmark Vessey and Revolutionary Theology 7. Nat Turner in a Hemispheric Context Section II 8. Charles Fenton Mercer and Public Education in Virginia 9. Rethinking the Origins of the American Colonization Society 10. An Update on Jacksonianian Historgraphy: The Biographies 11. Markets Without a Market Revolution: Southern Planters and Capitalism 12. Averting a Crisis: The Proslavery Critique of the American Colonization Society Section III 13. Thomas Jefferson and the Hemings Family: A Matter of Blood 14. The Empire of Liberty Reconsidered

About the author

Douglas R. Egerton is Professor of Political and Social History at Le Moyne College.

Product details

• Authors: Douglas R Egerton, Douglas R. Egerton, Egerton Douglas R.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.09.2013
• EAN: 9780415866767
• ISBN: 978-0-415-86676-7
• No. of pages: 268
• Series: Crosscurrents in African American History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Ethnic Studies, Sociology, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Africa / General, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History of the Americas, History and Archaeology, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599