This study of a January 1811 slave uprising and march on New Orleans exhumes the deliberately obscured and "largest act of armed resistance against slavery in the history of the United States." Historian Rasmussen expands on scarce source material to provide a complex context for a revolt that dwarfed such better-known rebellions when a stealthily organized uprising of 500 armed slaves dressed in military uniforms marched on and tried to conquer New Orleans.
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This study of a January 1811 slave uprising and march on New Orleans exhumes the deliberately obscured and "largest act of armed resistance against slavery in the history of the United States." Historian Rasmussen expands on scarce source material to provide a complex context for a revolt that dwarfed such better-known rebellions when a stealthily organized uprising of 500 armed slaves dressed in military uniforms marched on and tried to conquer New Orleans.
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This is a book of despiration and hope. History seldom told. It speaks to us all. Read it. Where would you be in this story? What would you have done? Think about it.
