Ploughshares into swords : race, rebellion, and identity in Gabriel's Virginia, 1730-1810 /
During the summer of 1800, slaves in and around Richmond conspired to overthrow their masters and abolish slavery. This book uses Gabriel's Conspiracy, and the evidence produced during the repression of the revolt, to expose the processes through which Virginians of African descent built an opp...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
1997.
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