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Berbice: a slave rebellion that nearly succeeded

Berbice: a slave rebellion that nearly succeeded

FromHistory Extra podcast


Berbice: a slave rebellion that nearly succeeded

FromHistory Extra podcast

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Length:
54 minutes
Released:
Oct 16, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Historian Marjoleine Kars tells Elinor Evans about a little-known 1763 rebellion by enslaved people in Berbice, in present-day Guyana. Chronicled in her Cundill prize-shortlisted book Blood on the River, it was an event that revises our understanding of the actions of enslaved people at the dawn of the Age of Revolution.(Ad) Marjoleine Kars is the author of Blood on the River: A Chronicle of Mutiny and Freedom on the Wild Coast (The New Press, 2020). Buy it now from Waterstones:https://go.skimresources.com?id=71026X1535947&xcust=historyextra-social-viewingguide&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.waterstones.com%2Fbook%2Fblood-on-the-river%2Fmarjoleine-kars%2F9781620974599
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Released:
Oct 16, 2021
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