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If We Must Die
Eric Robert Taylor
其他書名
Shipboard Insurrections in the Era of the Atlantic Slave Trade
出版LSU Press, 2006
主題History / GeneralHistory / Africa / GeneralSocial Science / Slavery
ISBN08071318149780807131817
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=cRA8_5BKEz8C&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋If We Must Die examines nearly five hundred shipboard rebellions that occurred over the course of the entire slave trade, directly challenging the prevailing thesis that such resistance was infrequent or insignificant. As Eric Robert Taylor shows, though most revolts were crushed quickly, others raged on for hours, days, or weeks, and, occasionally, the Africans captured the vessel and returned themselves to freedom. In recounting these rebellions, Taylor suggests that certain factors like geographic location, the involvement of women and children, and the timing of a shipboard revolt, determi.