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America's longest siege : Charleston, slavery, and the slow march toward Civil War / Joseph Kelly.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Overlook Press, 2013.Edition: 1st editionDescription: 384 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 159020719X (hbk.)
  • 9781590207192 (hbk.)
Other title:
  • Charleston, slavery, and the slow march toward Civil War
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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.
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.
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Book Book Decatur Public Library Adult non-fiction Adult non-fiction 973.04 KEL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31564100059995
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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.

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