1.17: The Slave Revolt of 1811

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City History: New Orleans

Steve Keller

32 episodes

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A podcast exploring the history of New Orleans. Your support helps buy the books needed to make each episode! https://ko-fi.com/cityhistory We'll cover New Orleans's founding, its evolution through French, Spanish and American rule, the battle that saved it in 1815, Congo Square, its dramatic capture and occupation during the Civil War, its unique legacy of race and slavery, how it survived Prohibition, the Depression and hurricanes, Mardi Gras, jazz and the future New Orleans may (or may not) have.

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1.17: The Slave Revolt of 1811

City History: New Orleans

30 minutes 26 seconds

1 year ago

1.17: The Slave Revolt of 1811

Hundreds of enslaved Louisianans rise up against the sugar plantations. Led by Charles Deslondes, this army marches on New Orleans while the U.S. military is away.

American Uprising: The Untold Story of America's Largest Slave Revolt by Daniel Rasmussen

The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans by Lawrence N. Powell

The World That Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square by Ned Sublette

City of a Million Dreams: A History of New Orleans at Year 300 by Jason Berry

"'A Horde of Brigands?' The Great Louisiana Slave Revolt of 1811 Reconsidered" by Robert L. Paquette

"The Persistent Specter: Slave Rebellion in Territorial Louisiana" by James H. Dormon

"Historiographical Examinations of the 1811 Slave Insurrection" by Nathan A. Buman

"Commerce and Slavery in Lower Louisiana" in Slave Country by Adam Rothman

https://64parishes.org/entry/german-coast-slave-insurrection-of-1811

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