Bibliograph

Blood on the river, a chronicle of mutiny and freedom on the Wild Coast, Marjoleine Kars

Type

Label

Blood on the river, a chronicle of mutiny and freedom on the Wild Coast, Marjoleine Kars

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Blood on the river

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1140351962

Responsibility statement

Marjoleine Kars

Sub title

a chronicle of mutiny and freedom on the Wild Coast

Summary

"The story of a massive eighteenth-century slave rebellion in the Dutch colony of Berbice (now Guyana) which had been all but forgotten. Historian Marjoleine Kars recovers a riveting tale from the archives, including rare first-person accounts from African-born slaves"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Rehearsal, 1762 -- Labor camps in the making -- Overthrow -- Governing -- The Long Atlantic Reach -- Expanding the revolution -- Stalemate -- Rebellious soldiers -- Palace revolution -- Turn of the tide -- The Battle for the Berbice -- Wild sang and little glory -- Outsourcing the war -- Justice sideways -- Epilogue

Target audience

adult

Classification