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Slave Rebellion and Repression
Manage episode 225118774 series 20984
In 1805, a remarkable slave rebellion took place — not in the Atlantic, but in the Pacific, and involving an unusual ruse. And it illustrates, argues historian Greg Grandin, something fundamental about freedom and unfreedom in the New World. Grandin examines the historical event, immortalized by Herman Melville, in which insurgent slave leaders maintained a striking deception against the odds, but were ultimately repressed by an anti-slavery republican.(Encore presentation.)
Resources:
Greg Grandin, The Empire of Necessity: Slavery, Freedom, and Deception in the New World Picador, 2015
The post Slave Rebellion and Repression appeared first on KPFA.
1135 episodes
Manage episode 225118774 series 20984
In 1805, a remarkable slave rebellion took place — not in the Atlantic, but in the Pacific, and involving an unusual ruse. And it illustrates, argues historian Greg Grandin, something fundamental about freedom and unfreedom in the New World. Grandin examines the historical event, immortalized by Herman Melville, in which insurgent slave leaders maintained a striking deception against the odds, but were ultimately repressed by an anti-slavery republican.(Encore presentation.)
Resources:
Greg Grandin, The Empire of Necessity: Slavery, Freedom, and Deception in the New World Picador, 2015
The post Slave Rebellion and Repression appeared first on KPFA.
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