Blood on the river : a chronicle of mutiny and freedom on the wild coast
Kars, Marjoleine2022
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On February 27, 1763, thousands of slaves in the Dutch colony of Berbice (in present-day Guyana) launched a massive rebellion. Surrounded by jungle and savannah, the revolutionaries fought for an entire year - and came very close to succeeding. In 'Blood on the River', historian Marjoleine Kars reconstructs a rich day-to-day account of this pivotal event - drawing on over nine hundred interrogation transcripts and other documents collected by the Dutch when the rebellion finally collapsed, and which were subsequently buried in archives.
Main title:
Blood on the river : a chronicle of mutiny and freedom on the wild coast / Marjoleine Kars.
Author:
Kars, Marjoleine, author
Imprint:
London : Profile Books, 2022.
Collation:
368 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781800812277 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
306.362098
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2542190