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Island on Fire - The Revolt That Ended Slavery in the British Empire (Hardcover)
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Island on Fire - The Revolt That Ended Slavery in the British Empire (Hardcover)
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Discovery Miles 5 670
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Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award "Tom Zoellner
tells the story of Sam Sharpe's revolution manque, and the
subsequent abolition of slavery in Jamaica, in a way that's acutely
relevant to the racial unrest of our own time. Island on Fire is
impeccably researched and seductively readable."-Madison Smartt
Bell, author of All Souls' Rising From a New York Times bestselling
author, a gripping account of the slave rebellion that led to the
abolition of slavery in the British Empire. For five horrific weeks
after Christmas in 1831, Jamaica was convulsed by an uprising of
its enslaved people. What started as a peaceful labor strike
quickly turned into a full-blown revolt, leaving hundreds of
plantation houses in smoking ruins. By the time British troops had
put down the rebels, more than a thousand Jamaicans lay dead from
summary executions and extrajudicial murder. While the rebels lost
their military gamble, their sacrifice accelerated the larger
struggle for freedom in the British Atlantic. The daring and
suffering of the Jamaicans galvanized public opinion throughout the
empire, triggering a decisive turn against slavery. For centuries
bondage had fed Britain's appetite for sugar. Within two years of
the Christmas rebellion, slavery was formally abolished. Island on
Fire is a dramatic day-by-day account of this transformative
uprising. A skillful storyteller, Tom Zoellner goes back to the
primary sources to tell the intimate story of the men and women who
rose up and tasted liberty for a few brief weeks. He provides the
first full portrait of the rebellion's enigmatic leader, Samuel
Sharpe, and gives us a poignant glimpse of the struggles and dreams
of the many Jamaicans who died for liberty.
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