Berbice: a slave rebellion that nearly succeeded

Published: Oct. 16, 2021, 11 a.m.

Historian Marjoleine Kars tells Elinor Evans about a little-known 1763 rebellion by enslaved people in Berbice, in present-day Guyana. Chronicled in her Cundill prize-shortlisted book\xa0Blood on the River, it was an event that revises our understanding of the actions of enslaved people at the dawn of the Age of Revolution.\n(Ad) Marjoleine Kars is the author of\xa0Blood on the River: A Chronicle of Mutiny and Freedom on the Wild Coast\xa0(The New Press, 2020). Buy it now from Waterstones:\nhttps://go.skimresources.com?id=71026X1535947&xcust=historyextra-social-viewingguide&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.waterstones.com%2Fbook%2Fblood-on-the-river%2Fmarjoleine-kars%2F9781620974599\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices