{"product_id":"fugitive-movements-james-oneil-spady-9781643362656","title":"Fugitive Movements: Commemorating the Denmark Vesey Affair and Black Radical Antislavery in the Atlantic World","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1822, White authorities in Charleston, South Carolina, learned of plans among the city's enslaved and free Black population to lead an armed antislavery rebellion. Among the leaders was a free Black carpenter named Denmark Vesey. After a brief investigation and what some have considered a dubious trial, Vesey and thirty-five others were convicted of attempted insurrection and hanged.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough the rebellion never came to fruition, it nonetheless fueled Black antislavery movements in the United States and elsewhere. To this day, activists, politicians, writers, and scholars debate the significance of the conspiracy, how to commemorate it, and the integrity of the archival records it left behind. \u003ci\u003eFugitive Movements\u003c\/i\u003e memorializes this attempted liberation movement with new interpretations of the event as well as comparisons to other Black resistance throughout the Atlantic World--including Africa, the Caribbean, and the Northern United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume situates Denmark Vesey and antislavery rebellion within the current scholarship on abolition that places Black activists at the center of the story. It shows that Black antislavery rebellion in general, and the 1822 uprising by Black Charlestonians in particular, significantly influenced the history of slavery in the Western Hemisphere. The essays collected in this volume explore not only that history, but also the ongoing struggle over the memory of slavery and resistance in the Atlantic World. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eManisha Sinha, James L. and Shirley A. Draper Chair in American History at the University of Connecticut and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Slave's Cause: A History of Abolitio\u003c\/i\u003en, provides the foreword.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James O'Neil Spady\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1643362658\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781643362656\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of South Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/28\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 322\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.36h x 6.17w x 1.07d","brand":"James O'Neil Spady","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44045533479167,"sku":"9781643362656","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d9235fbc-2912-4c6e-b515-d2b1a1b443d2.jpg?v=1684979322","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fugitive-movements-james-oneil-spady-9781643362656","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}