The Creole Affair: The Slave Rebellion That Led the U.S. and Great Britain to the Brink of War

by Arthur T. Downey

Book Overview

The Creole Affair is the story of the most successful slave rebellion in American history, and the effects of that rebellion on diplomacy, the domestic slave trade, and the definition of slavery itself. Held against their will aboard the Creole--a slave ship on its way from Richmond to New Orleans in 1841--the rebels seized control of the ship and changed course to the Bahamas. Because the Bahamas were subject to British rule of law, the slaves were...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442236612
• ISBN13: 9781442236615
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"