Project Gutenberg 2006-06-16 Public domain in the USA. 68 Coffin, Joshua 1792 1864 An account of some of the principal slave insurrections, and others, which have occured, or been attempted, in the United States and elsewhere, during the last two centuries. Reading ease score: 63.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Thanks to The University of Michigan's Making of America online book collection (http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moa/) "An account of some of the principal slave insurrections, and others, which have occurred, or been attempted, in the United States and elsewhere, during the last two centuries" by Joshua Coffin is a historical account written in the mid-19th century. It presents an extensive examination of slave uprisings, primarily in the United States, over the previous two hundred years and discusses the socio-political implications of slavery and insurrections. The book is intended to shine a light on the dangers of slavery and advocate for immediate emancipation. In this work, Coffin meticulously details various insurrections, presenting both well-known events and lesser-known attempts at rebellion. He provides an overview of significant revolts such as those in St. Domingo, Virginia, and Nat Turner's rebellion, and he highlights the motivations behind these uprisings, which stemmed from the profound desire for freedom among enslaved populations. Coffin argues against the notion that emancipation would lead to chaos, instead supporting the view that freedom and immediate abolition are the solutions to the dangers posed by slavery. Through historical examples and a moral lens, he conveys the urgency of addressing these issues in order to prevent further bloodshed and suffering. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Slave insurrections -- United States E300 Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - General 114443 114280 2024-10-08T08:50:24.372168 2023-09-08T10:16:26.487928 text/html text/html 114436 114273 2024-10-08T08:50:24.638186 2023-09-08T10:16:26.626944 text/html text/html 152607 2024-10-08T08:50:31.562164 application/epub+zip 152709 2024-10-08T08:50:28.704171 application/epub+zip 102642 2024-10-08T08:50:27.315164 application/epub+zip 382053 2024-10-08T08:50:33.507141 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 371831 2024-10-08T08:50:30.666134 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 124508 2022-09-09T04:41:29.747306 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 101527 101415 2024-10-08T08:50:24.116199 2023-09-08T10:16:26.321958 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 101096 2006-06-16T09:23:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 38981 2006-06-16T09:23:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18953 2024-10-08T08:50:33.630119 application/rdf+xml 26616 2024-10-08T08:50:27.873154 image/jpeg 4753 2024-10-08T08:50:27.594188 image/jpeg 151241 2024-10-08T08:50:24.649179 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia