Crowns of Glory Tears of Blood

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Crowns of Glory Tears of Blood

Author	: Emília Viotti da Costa
File Size	: 45,5 Mb
Publisher	: Oxford University Press, USA
Language	: English
Release Date	: 08 May 1997
ISBN	: 9780195106565
Pages	: 401 pages

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This text explores the 1823 slave rebellion in Demerara (now Guyana) - one of the largest in history. The 60,000 black slaves who rose up against their British masters were brutally put down. The book looks at the conflict which gave the rebellion life and the forces which finally ended slavery.

Crowns of Glory Tears of Blood by Emília Viotti da Costa

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