Crowns of Glory, Tears of BloodA remarkable study of one of the most massive slave rebellions in the history of the Western Hemisphere. In 1823 Demerara (now Guyana), 60,000 black slaves rose up against their British masters and then were brutally put down. With gripping narrative, this book explores the conflicts within the society that gave the rebellion life, and the larger historical forces that finally put slavery to an end. |
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CROWNS OF GLORY, TEARS OF BLOOD: The Demerara Slave Rebellion of 1823
User Review - KirkusAn engrossing history of an obscure incident: the 1823 mass uprising of slaves in the South American British colony of Demerara (present-day Guyana). Da Costa (History/Yale) draws on ample primary ... Read full review
Crowns of glory, tears of blood: the Demerara Slave Rebellion of 1823
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Contents
Planters and Missionaries | 3 |
Masters and Slaves | 39 |
THREE The Fiery Furnace | 87 |
FOUR A True Lover of Man | 125 |
SEVEN A Crown of Glory That Fadeth Not Away | 251 |
Notes | 297 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Crowns of Glory, Tears of Blood |
| Author | Emília Viotti da Costa |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1994 |
| ISBN | 0195355512, 9780195355512 |
| Length | 378 pages |
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