Slave Rebellion and Repression
In 1805, a remarkable slave rebellion took place \u2014 not in the Atlantic, but in the Pacific, and involving an unusual ruse. And it illustrates, argues historian\xa0Greg Grandin, something fundamental about freedom and unfreedom in the New World. Grandin examines the historical event, immortalized by Herman Melville, in which insurgent slave leaders maintained a striking deception against the odds, but were ultimately repressed by an anti-slavery republican.(Encore presentation.)\nResources:\nGreg Grandin, The Empire of Necessity: Slavery, Freedom, and Deception in the New World Picador, 2015\n\xa0\n\xa0\nThe post Slave Rebellion and Repression appeared first on KPFA.