Island on Fire: The Revolt that Ended Slavery in the British Empire.
In 1831 enslaved Jamaicans revolted. What began as a peaceful movement soon became a bloodbath as British troops retaliated. Tom Zoellner tells the inspiring story of the revolt and its charismatic leaders in a dramatic day-by-day account. Although the rebels could not win their own freedom, their sacrifice galvanized antislavery forces in Britain and led directly to abolition two years later.
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Tom Zoellner is the New York Times bestselling author of four previous nonfiction books, including Uranium Train and The Heartless Stone. He teaches at Chapman University and Dartmouth College. A former reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle, he is the politics editor at the Los Angeles Review of Books.
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