Slave Law and the Politics of Resistance in the Early Atlantic World
| Author | : Edward B. Rugemer |
| Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
| Total Pages | : 340 |
| Release | : 2018-11-12 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780674916258 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0674916255 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (58 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Slave Law and the Politics of Resistance in the Early Atlantic World by : Edward B. Rugemer
Download or read book Slave Law and the Politics of Resistance in the Early Atlantic World written by Edward B. Rugemer and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2018-11-12 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edward Rugemer’s comparative history, spanning 200 years, reveals the political dynamic between slaves’ resistance and slaveholders’ power in two prosperous slave economies: Jamaica and South Carolina. This struggle led to the abolition of slavery through a law of British Parliament in one case and through violent civil war in the other.
