The Creole Affair is the story of the most successful slave rebellion in modern history. The Creole Affair is just as importantly a story of diplomacy: of two extraordinary non-professional diplomats who cleverly resolved the tensions arising from this historic slave uprising that, had it been allowed to escalate, had the potential for catastrophe.
The Creole Affair is the story of the most successful slave rebellion in modern history. The Creole Affair is just as importantly a story of diplomacy: of two extraordinary non-professional diplomats who cleverly resolved the tensions arising from this historic slave uprising that, had it been allowed to escalate, had the potential for catastrophe.
Arthur T. Downey has at various times been a lawyer, a law professor, business executive, diplomat, and former National Security Council staff member. He is the author of Civil War Lawyers: Constitutional Questions, Courtroom Dramas, and the Men Behind Them (2011).
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INTRODUCTION THE REBELLION PART I: THE CONTEXT: PRE-NOVEMBER 1841 Chapter 1: THE UNITED STATES Chapter 2: US - BRITISH RELATIONS AT THE BRINK Chapter 3:THE BRITISH BAHAMAS PART II: NOVEMBER 1841, FORWARD Chapter 4: IN NASSAU Chapter 5: IN THE UNITED STATES Chapter 6: ENTER DIPLOMACY; CRISIS AVERTED PART III: AFTERWARD Chapter 7: INSURANCE FOR SLAVE "PROPERTY" Chapter 8: SHOULD THE BRITISH HAVE FREED THE SLAVES? Chapter 9: A FORMER SLAVE'S HEROIC SLAVE EPILOGUE APPENDIX I: Chronology APPENDIX II: President Tyler's Message to Congress, Dec. 7, 1841 APPENDIX III: Exchange of Diplomatic Notes, August 1, 6, 8, 1842 ENDNOTES
INTRODUCTION THE REBELLION PART I: THE CONTEXT: PRE-NOVEMBER 1841 Chapter 1: THE UNITED STATES Chapter 2: US - BRITISH RELATIONS AT THE BRINK Chapter 3:THE BRITISH BAHAMAS PART II: NOVEMBER 1841, FORWARD Chapter 4: IN NASSAU Chapter 5: IN THE UNITED STATES Chapter 6: ENTER DIPLOMACY; CRISIS AVERTED PART III: AFTERWARD Chapter 7: INSURANCE FOR SLAVE "PROPERTY" Chapter 8: SHOULD THE BRITISH HAVE FREED THE SLAVES? Chapter 9: A FORMER SLAVE'S HEROIC SLAVE EPILOGUE APPENDIX I: Chronology APPENDIX II: President Tyler's Message to Congress, Dec. 7, 1841 APPENDIX III: Exchange of Diplomatic Notes, August 1, 6, 8, 1842 ENDNOTES
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