Tacky's revolt book5/21/2023 By tracking the colliding worlds of buccaneers, military deserters, and maroon communards from Venezuela to Virginia, Scott records the transmission of contagious mutinies and insurrections in unparalleled detail, providing readers with an intellectual history of the enslaved. Scott follows the spread of “rumors of emancipation” and the people behind them, bringing to life the protagonists in the slave revolution. This gripping and colorful account of the intercontinental networks that tied together the free and enslaved masses of the New World is a powerful “history from below” delving deep into the gray obscurity of official eighteenth-century records in Spanish, English, and French. Julius Scott’s The Common Wind: Afro-American Currents in the Age of the Haitian Revolution is a remarkable intellectual history of the slave revolts that made the modern revolutionary era. ** Please note date and NEW start time: 1:30 p.m.** Co-sponsored by Duke's Forum for Scholars and Publics. Books will be available for purchase and signing at the event. Scott and Brown will be joined in converation by historian Julia Gaffield. The Regulator welcomes authors Julius Scott and Vincent Brown for a reading and discussion.
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