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The Creole Mutiny: A Tale of Revolt Aboard a Slave Ship
George Hendrick
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Description for The Creole Mutiny: A Tale of Revolt Aboard a Slave Ship
Paperback. A tale of revolt aboard a nineteenth-century slave ship and the story of the slaves' heroic leader, Madison Washington. Num Pages: 192 pages, 24 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; G; HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 231.
On the night of November 7, 1841, the Creole, a brig transporting at least 135 slaves from Richmond, Virginia, to the auction block at New Orleans, was about 130 miles northeast of the Bahamas. In the darkness, a band of 19 slaves led by Madison Washington seized the crew and its captain. Over the next several days they forced the Creole to sail into Nassau harbor, where the British authorities offered freedom to the slaves on board, touching off a diplomatic squabble and continuing legal ramifications. In The Creole Mutiny, George and Willene Hendrick have pieced together, from scant information ... Read more
On the night of November 7, 1841, the Creole, a brig transporting at least 135 slaves from Richmond, Virginia, to the auction block at New Orleans, was about 130 miles northeast of the Bahamas. In the darkness, a band of 19 slaves led by Madison Washington seized the crew and its captain. Over the next several days they forced the Creole to sail into Nassau harbor, where the British authorities offered freedom to the slaves on board, touching off a diplomatic squabble and continuing legal ramifications. In The Creole Mutiny, George and Willene Hendrick have pieced together, from scant information ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Ivan R. Dee
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Weight
238g
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781566635509
SKU
V9781566635509
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About George Hendrick
George and Willene Hendrick are independent scholars and researchers who together have edited Fleeing for Freedom and Two Slave Rebellions at Sea, as well as several collections of Carl Sandburg's poems, including Poems for the People. George Hendrick, formerly professor of English at the University of Illinois, also edited To Reach Eternity: The Letters of James Jones. The Hendricks live ... Read more
Reviews for The Creole Mutiny: A Tale of Revolt Aboard a Slave Ship
The most accurate story to date...meticulous research and attention to the historical landscape.
Andrea Lynn
Indianapolis Recorder
Fascinating...compelling history.
Vernon Ford
Booklist
In their concise narrative and analysis...George and Willene Hendrick disentangle myth from meaning and contextualize the revolt.
John David Smith, author of Lincoln and the U.S. Colored Troops and We Ask ... Read more
Andrea Lynn
Indianapolis Recorder
Fascinating...compelling history.
Vernon Ford
Booklist
In their concise narrative and analysis...George and Willene Hendrick disentangle myth from meaning and contextualize the revolt.
John David Smith, author of Lincoln and the U.S. Colored Troops and We Ask ... Read more