GERALD HORNE, author of The Counter-Revolution of 1776: Slave resistance and the origins of the US, joins us to discuss the fight for abolition in the mainland US before and after Independence.
We also look at his books, Negro Comrades of the Crown: African Americans and the British Empire fight the US before Emancipation; and The Apocalypse of Settler-Colonialism: The roots of slavery, white supremacy, and capitalism in 17th-century North America and the Caribbean.
This episode builds on our previous show with Marcus Rediker about the resistance onboard the slave ship on the journey across the deadly Middle Passage.
Episode: 029 Slave rebellions
Date: 6 October 2022 | Length: 50:58
Briefing Notes
Horne. The Counter-Revolution of 1776: Slave resistance and the origins of the USA. (NYU 2014)
Horne. Negro Comrades of the Crown: African Americans and the British Empire Fight the US Before Emancipation (NYU 2012)
Horne. The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism: The roots of slavery, white supremacy, and capitalism in seventeenth century North America and the Caribbean. (Monthly Review 2018)
