Atlantic Creoles in the Age of Revolutions

Informationen zum Autor Jane Landers is Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of History at Vanderbilt University. Klappentext In a tumultuous era of Atlantic revolutions! a remarkable group of African-born and African-descended individuals transformed themselves from slaves into active agents of their lives and times. Through prodigious archival research! Landers alters our vision of the breadth and extent of the Age of Revolution! and our understanding of its actors. Zusammenfassung In a tumultuous era of Atlantic revolutions! a remarkable group of African-born and African-descended individuals transformed themselves from slaves into active agents of their lives and times. Through prodigious archival research! Landers alters our vision of the breadth and extent of the Age of Revolution! and our understanding of its actors. Inhaltsverzeichnis * Introduction *1. African Choices in the Revolutionary South: Becoming Atlantic Creoles *2. Slave Rebels and Defenders of Kings: The Counter-Revolution in Saint Domingue *3. Maroons! Loyalist Intrigues! and Ephemeral States in the Contested Lower South *4. Atlantic Creoles! African Rebels! and Spain's Liberal Constitution of 1812 in Havana *5. Atlantic Creoles among the Seminoles: A Nation Besieged *6. Atlantic Creoles in Matanzas: Becoming Black * Epilogue: Failed Promises of the Atlantic Revolutions * Appendix 1: Chronology * Appendix 2: Prince's Black Company * Notes * Index

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jane G. Landers, Landers Jane G.
• Editore: Harvard University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.09.2011
• EAN: 9780674062047
• ISBN: 978-0-674-06204-7
• Pagine: 352
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; Ethnic Studies, History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, HISTORY / North America, HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), c 1500 onwards to present day, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, North America (USA and Canada)