The empire of necessity: Slavery, freedom, and deception in the New World - Greg Grandin
From the acclaimed author of Fordlandia, the story of a remarkable slave rebellion that illuminates America’s struggle with slavery and freedom during the Age of Revolution and beyond.
The counter-revolution of 1776: slave resistance and the origins of the United States of America - Gerald Horne
Submitted by Tyrion on Jan 27 2015 03:17
The successful 1776 revolt against British rule in North America has been hailed almost universally as a great step forward for humanity. But the Africans then residing in the colonies overwhelmingly sided with London.
Domination and the arts of resistance: Hidden Transcripts – James C. Scott
In this book, renowned social scientist James C. Scott offers a penetrating discussion both of the public roles played by the powerful and powerless and the mocking, vengeful tone they display off stage—what he terms their public and hidden transcripts.
Class struggles, climate change, and the origins of modern agriculture
Submitted by Out of the Woods on Aug 18 2014 09:54
Class conflicts and colonial expansion in the context of the Little Ice Age lead to the emergence of capitalist agriculture and the transformation of social relations on a world scale.
Introduction to The Counter-Revolution of 1776
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Jul 4 2014 23:22
The introduction to Gerald Horne's The Counter-Revolution of 1776: Slave Resistance and the Origins of the United States of America.
"Counter-revolution of 1776": was U.S. Independence War a conservative revolt in favor of slavery?
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Jul 4 2014 22:13
An interview with Gerald Horne, the author of a revisionist history of the American War of Independence.
Après moi le déluge! Fossil fuel abolitionism and the carbon bubble - part 2
Submitted by Out of the Woods on Apr 21 2014 07:39
In part two of this two-part article, we look at the parallels between fossil-fuel abolitionism and the abolition of slavery in the 19th century United States.
Incidents in the life of a slave girl - Harriet Jacobs
Submitted by Steven. on Jan 27 2014 18:07
A first person slave narrative that was published in 1861 by Harriet Ann Jacobs, using the pen name "Linda Brent." The book is an in-depth chronological account of Jacobs's life as a slave, and the decisions and choices she made to gain freedom for herself and her children. It addresses the struggles and sexual abuse that young women slaves faced on the plantations, and how these struggles were harsher than what men suffered as slaves. Trigger warning for sexual violence.
Twelve years a slave - Solomon Northup
Submitted by Steven. on Jan 27 2014 17:52
A harrowing first person account of a free African-American being kidnapped into slavery in Louisiana for 12 years. First published in 1853, in 2014 the book was turned into a major motion picture directed by Steve McQueen. Trigger warning for physical and sexual violence.
The Bagaudae: history's first revolutionaries? - Pablo Romero Gabella
Submitted by Alias Recluse on Dec 6 2013 01:52
A brief introduction to the Bagaudae, the social and historical context of the late Roman Empire, and the modern debates over the meaning of the revolts generally included under this rubric.
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