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THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE BERBICE SLAVE REBELLION Winner of the 2021
Cundill History Prize Winner of the 2021 Frederick Douglass Prize
'A gripping tale about the human need for freedom ... spellbinding'
NPR 'Impressively detailed ... Kars provokes the reader into seeing
the many sides involved in this bloody and desperate struggle with
empathy and pity ... excellent' Paterson Joseph, actor and author
of The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho 'A masterpiece ...
a story for the ages' Elizabeth Fenn, Pulitzer Prize-winning author
of Encounters at the Heart of the World In February 1763, thousands
of slaves in the Dutch colony of Berbice - in present-day Guyana -
launched a massive rebellion - and very nearly succeeded. For an
entire year, they fought their enslavers, dreaming of establishing
a free state, what would have been the first Black republic.
Instead, they vanished from history. Blood on the River is the
explosive story of this forgotten revolution, an event that almost
changed the face of the Americas. Historian Marjoleine Kars draws
on long-buried Dutch interrogation transcripts to reconstruct a
rich day-by-day account of this extraordinary event, providing a
rare look at the political vision of enslaved people at the dawn of
the Age of Revolution. An astonishing original work of history,
Blood on the River will change our understanding of revolutions,
slavery and the story of freedom in the New World.
The winner of the 2021 Cundill History Prize and the 2021 Frederick
Douglass Book Prize Named one of the best books of the year by NPR,
Blood on the River also won two of the highest honors for works of
history, capturing both the Frederick Douglass Prize and the
Cundill History Prize in 2021. A book with profound relevance for
our own time, Blood on the River "fundamentally alters what we know
about revolutionary change" according to Cundill Prize juror and
NYU history professor Jennifer Morgan. Nearly two hundred sixty
years ago, on Sunday, February 27, 1763, thousands of slaves in the
Dutch colony of Berbice--in present-day Guyana--launched a
rebellion that came amazingly close to succeeding. Blood on the
River is the explosive story of this little-known revolution, one
that almost changed the face of the Americas. Michael Ignatieff,
chair of the Cundill Prize jury, declared that Blood on the River
"tells a story so dramatic, so compelling that no reader will be
able to put the book down." Drawing on nine hundred interrogation
transcripts collected by the Dutch when the rebellion collapsed,
and which were subsequently buried in Dutch archives, historian
Marjoleine Kars has constructed what Pulitzer Prize-winning
historian Eric Foner calls "a gripping narrative that brings to
life a forgotten world."
Winner of the Cundill History Prize Winner of the Frederick
Douglass Book Prize Named One of the Best Books of the Year by NPR
A breathtakingly original work of history that uncovers a massive
enslaved persons' revolt that almost changed the face of the
Americas Named one of the best books of the year by NPR, Blood on
the River also won two of the highest honors for works of history,
capturing both the Frederick Douglass Prize and the Cundill History
Prize in 2021. A book with profound relevance for our own time,
Blood on the River "fundamentally alters what we know about
revolutionary change" according to Cundill Prize juror and NYU
history professor Jennifer Morgan. Nearly two hundred sixty years
ago, on Sunday, February 27, 1763, thousands of slaves in the Dutch
colony of Berbice-in present-day Guyana-launched a rebellion that
came amazingly close to succeeding. Blood on the River is the
explosive story of this little-known revolution, one that almost
changed the face of the Americas. Michael Ignatieff, chair of the
Cundill Prize jury, declared that Blood on the River "tells a story
so dramatic, so compelling that no reader will be able to put the
book down." Drawing on nine hundred interrogation transcripts
collected by the Dutch when the rebellion collapsed, and which were
subsequently buried in Dutch archives, historian Marjoleine Kars
has constructed what Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Eric Foner
calls "a gripping narrative that brings to life a forgotten world."
Winner of the 2021 Cundill History Prize Winner of the 2021
Frederick Douglass Prize 'A richly detailed account of a gripping
human story' Washington Post '[An] epic history ... a sweeping,
thoughtful narrative' Los Angeles Times On Sunday 27 February,
1763, thousands of slaves in the Dutch colony of Berbice - in
present-day Guyana - launched a massive rebellion which came
amazingly close to succeeding. Surrounded by jungle and savannah,
the revolutionaries and their enslavers struck and parried for an
entire year. In the end, the Dutch prevailed because of one
advantage: their access to soldiers and supplies. Blood on the
River is the explosive story of this little-known revolution, one
that almost changed the face of the Americas. Drawing on 900
interrogation transcripts collected by the Dutch when the Berbice
rebellion finally collapsed, which were subsequently buried in
Dutch archives, historian Marjoleine Kars reconstructs an
extraordinarily rich day-by-day account of this pivotal event.
Blood on the River provides a rare, in-depth look at the political
vision of enslaved people at the dawn of the Age of Revolution. An
astonishing original work of history, Blood on the River will
change our understanding of revolutions, slavery and of the story
of freedom in the New World.
Colonial America's largest grassroots rebellion; Ten years before
the start of the American Revolution, back-country settlers in the
North Carolina Piedmont launched their own defiant bid for economic
independence and political liberty. The Regulator Rebellion of
1766-71 pitted thousands of farmers, many of them religious
radicals inspired by the Great Awakening, against political and
economic elites who opposed the Regulators' proposed reforms. The
conflict culminated on May 16, 1771, when a colonial militia
defeated more than 2,000 armed farmers in a pitched battle near
Hillsborough. At least 6,000 Regulators and sympathizers were
forced to swear their allegiance to the government as the
victorious troops undertook a punitive march through Regulator
settlements. Seven farmers were hanged. Using sources that include
diaries, church minutes, legal papers, and the richly detailed
accounts of the Regulators themselves, Marjoleine Kars delves
deeply into the world and ideology of free rural colonists. She
examines the rebellion's economic, religious, and political roots
and explores its legacy in North Carolina and beyond. The
compelling story of the Regulator Rebellion reveals just how
sharply elite and popular notions of independence differed on the
eve of the Revolution.
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