Rebels, reformers, & revolutionaries : collected essays and second thoughts / Douglas R. Egerton.

Author/creator Egerton, Douglas R.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Routledge, 2002.
Descriptionxiv, 254 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Slavery--Political aspects. --Southern States. --History.
Enslaved persons--Southern States. --Political activity. --History.
Slave rebellions--Southern States. --History.
African American social reformers--Southern States. --History.
Social reformers--Southern States. --History.
Revolutionaries--Southern States. --History.
Southern States--Politics and government. --1775-1865.
Southern States--Race relations. --Political aspects.
Southern States--Social conditions.
Southern States--Race relations.
Southern States--History.

Variant title Rebels, reformers and revolutionaries
SeriesCrosscurrents in African American history
Crosscurrents in African American history. ^A465321
Contents Black independence struggles and the tale of two revolutions -- An upright man -- Gabriel's Conspiracy and the election of 1800 -- Fly across the river : the Easter Slave Conspiracy of 1802 -- "Why they did not preach up this thing" : Denmark Vesey and revolutionary theology -- Charles Fenton Mercer and public education in Virginia -- "Its origin is not a little curious" : a new look at the American Colonization Society -- An update on Jacksonian historiography : the biographies -- Markets without a market revolution : southern planters and capitalism -- Averting a crisis : the proslavery critique of the American Colonization Society -- The tricolor in black and white : the French Revolution in Jefferson's Virginia -- A matter of blood : Thomas Jefferson and the Hemings Family.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 191-245) and index.
LCCN 2002002621
ISBN0415931223 (alk. paper)