America's longest siege, Charleston, slavery, and the slow march toward Civil War, Joseph Kelly
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Label
America's longest siege, Charleston, slavery, and the slow march toward Civil War, Joseph Kelly
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-375) and index
Illustrations
mapsillustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
America's longest siege
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
814455027
Responsibility statement
Joseph Kelly
Sub title
Charleston, slavery, and the slow march toward Civil War
Summary
An account of the two hundred-year practice of slavery in Charleston examines its hotly contested debates and early slave rebellions through the Nullification crisis and the secession that sparked the Civil War
Table Of Contents
The Stono Rebellion -- The good slave trader -- We the petty tyrants -- We the aristocrats -- The Denmark Vesey Rebellion -- The first secession -- The police state -- The lost generation -- War
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Charleston, slavery, and the slow march toward Civil War