Rebels and runaways : slave resistance in nineteenth-century Florida / Larry Eugene Rivers.

Author/creator Rivers, Larry E., 1950-
Format Book
Publication InfoUrbana : University of Illinois Press, [2012], ©2012.
Description221 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Slave rebellions--Florida. --History. --19th century.
Fugitive slaves--Florida. --History. --19th century.
Enslaved persons--Florida. --Social conditions. --19th century.
Enslaved persons--Florida. --History. --19th century.
Florida--History. --1821-1865.

SeriesThe new Black studies series
New Black studies. ^A906589
Contents Resistance by wiles -- Day-to-day resistance -- Stepping up the degrees of resistance -- Running away -- Away without leave -- A yearning for freedom -- Destinations of runaways -- Flight away from Florida -- In search of kinfolk and loved ones -- Catch the runaway -- Violent resistance -- Slave violence -- The Second Seminole War -- The Civil War.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2011051423
ISBN9780252036910
ISBN0252036913 (cloth : alk. paper)