Encyclopedia of Slave Resistance And Rebellion

Informationen zum Autor Junius P. Rodriguez is Associate Professor of History at Eureka College. He specializes in African-American history and has done extensive research on slave revolts. He is general editor of the award-winning Historical Encyclopedia of World Slavery (1997) and of Chronology of World Slavery (1999). He was also the 1997 recipient of the Helen Cleaver Distinguished Teaching Award. Klappentext Slaves fought against their subhuman treatment in myriad ways, from passive resistance to armed insurrection. This encyclopedia details how slaves struggled against their bondage, highlights key revolts, and delves into important cultural and religious ideas that nurtured slaves' hunger for freedom. African slaves living in the Americas resisted subhuman treatment in myriad ways, from passive resistance to armed insurrection. This encyclopedia provides historical detail of how slaves struggled against bondage. It highlights key revolts and examines important cultural and religious currents that nurtured and fed slaves' hunger for freedom.

Product details

• Authors: Junius P Rodriguez, Junius P. Rodriguez, Junius P. (EDT) Rodriguez
• Assisted by: Junius P. Rodriguez (Editor)
• Publisher: Greenwood Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.12.2006
• EAN: 9780313332715
• ISBN: 978-0-313-33271-5
• No. of pages: 748
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 254 mm x 57 mm
• Series: Greenwood Milestones in Africa; Greenwood Milestones in Africa
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous