Tells the suspenseful story of a successful mutiny on board the slave ship Creole. While this is a book about the United States confronting the ugly and tumultuous issue of slavery, it is also about the 135 enslaved men and women who were unwilling to take their oppression any longer and rose up to free themselves.
Tells the suspenseful story of a successful mutiny on board the slave ship Creole. While this is a book about the United States confronting the ugly and tumultuous issue of slavery, it is also about the 135 enslaved men and women who were unwilling to take their oppression any longer and rose up to free themselves.
Bruce Chadwick is a history professor at New Jersey City University and a retired part-time lecturer at Rutgers University. He is the author of thirty books, including several books on the Antebellum and Civil War periods. His most recent book is Law & Disorder: The Chaotic Birth of the NYPD.
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1. List of Illustrations 2. Preface 3. Chapter One. Cruising down the Atlantic Coast 4. Chapter Two. Sandy Beaches, Swaying Palm Trees, and Hoped-for Freedom in Nassau Town 5. Chapter Three. 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue 6. Chapter Four. Into the Whirlwind 7. Chapter Five. Ashore in New Orleans 8. Chapter Six. In the Creole's Wake, the Abolitionists Storm Washington, DC 9. Chapter Seven. The Crucifixion of Joshua Giddings, the Abolitionists, and Anybody Who Supported the Mutineers aboard the Creole 10. Chapter Eight. The Last Fight—Texas 11. Epilogue 12. Notes 13. Bibliography
1. List of Illustrations 2. Preface 3. Chapter One. Cruising down the Atlantic Coast 4. Chapter Two. Sandy Beaches, Swaying Palm Trees, and Hoped-for Freedom in Nassau Town 5. Chapter Three. 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue 6. Chapter Four. Into the Whirlwind 7. Chapter Five. Ashore in New Orleans 8. Chapter Six. In the Creole's Wake, the Abolitionists Storm Washington, DC 9. Chapter Seven. The Crucifixion of Joshua Giddings, the Abolitionists, and Anybody Who Supported the Mutineers aboard the Creole 10. Chapter Eight. The Last Fight—Texas 11. Epilogue 12. Notes 13. Bibliography
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