1733: The Slave Rebellion of St.John The island of St.John was a Danish colony, in 1733 a group of Akwamu slaves rebelled and successfully captured the island and held it for several…
The German coast uprising of 1811 A short history of possibly the largest slave uprising in the United States, in Louisiana in 1811, written by Rhae Lynn Barnes.
Dixie be damned: 300 years of insurrection in the American South - Neal Shirley and Saralee Stafford Book detailing three centuries of slave and working class rebellion in the southern…
The May 18 Gwangju democratic uprising A detailed account of the May 18 popular uprising in Gwangju, South Korea, against the dictatorship's declaration of martial law and for workers'…
Orange Tree Conspiracy: 1848 The page recounts how some London Chartists tried to organise an armed rebellion – known as the Orange Tree conspiracy – following the rejection…
Paternalism and rural protest: the Rebecca riots - Lowri Ann Rees A detailed analysis and account of the Rebecca riots in south-west Wales, 1839-1843, examining the…
Black rebellion: five slave revolts - Thomas Wentworth Higginson Detailed histories of five important episodes of slave revolt, excerpted from a longer book called…
Ashton-under-Lyne rising of 1848 This account of the events of 14 August 1848, when an armed Chartist “National Guard” shot dead a police officer in the town of Ashton-under-Lyne…
Black people in the British empire: an introduction - Peter Fryer Acclaimed writer Peter Fryer exposes the exploitation and oppression of Britain's colonies, looks at…
US Latino urban riots - Aaron Fountain There have been at least 64 riots in Latino communities since 1964, but most have been forgotten. Aaron Fountain gives an overview of the…
