Black Rebellion: The History of Slave Revolts. Thomas Wentworth Higginson

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Название: Black Rebellion: The History of Slave Revolts

Автор: Thomas Wentworth Higginson

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isbn: 4064066394462

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Musaicum Books presents to you this meticulously edited eBook of «Black Rebellion: The History of Slave Revolts» by Thomas Wentworth Higginson that is adjusted for readability on all devices. Contents: The Maroons of Jamaica The Maroons of Surinam Gabriel's Defeat Denmark Vesey Nat Turner's Insurrection Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1823-1911) was an American Unitarian minister, author, abolitionist, and soldier. He was active in the American Abolitionism movement during the 1840s and 1850s, identifying himself with disunion and militant abolitionism. He was a member of the Secret Six who supported John Brown. During the Civil War, he served as colonel of the 1st South Carolina Volunteers, the first federally authorized black regiment, from 1862–1864. Following the war, Higginson devoted much of the rest of his life to fighting for the rights of freed people, women and other disfranchised peoples.