Denmark Vesey's revolt
Subtitle: the slave plot that lit a fuse to Fort Sumter
By: John Lofton ; new introduction by Peter Charles Hoffer
Series: American abolitionism and antislavery; American abolitionism and antislavery
Publisher: Kent State University Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9781606351710
Subjects: Slavery; History
Work titles: Insurrection in South Carolina
Notes: Originally published under title: Insurrection in South Carolina. Yellow Springs, Ohio : Antioch Press, 1964.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A key port; title: Slavery in the islands; title: Slave life at sea; title: Slave city in a free republic; title: Burden bearers in South Carolina; title: Seeds of insurrection; title: The half-free community; title: Mainstream of reaction; title: Eddies of revolution; title: Preparing the ground; title: The hour for revolt; title: Rebels on trial; title: The harvest of fears; title: A fuse to Fort Sumter.