America's longest siege : Charleston, slavery, and the slow march toward Civil War / Joseph Kelly.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Overlook Press, 2013.Edition: 1st editionDescription: 384 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmISBN:- 159020719X (hbk.)
- 9781590207192 (hbk.)
- Charleston, slavery, and the slow march toward Civil War
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Book | Decatur Public Library Adult non-fiction | Adult non-fiction | 973.04 KEL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31564100059995 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-375) and index.
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.
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.