American Negro Slave Revolts

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American Negro Slave Revolts is a seminal historical study by Herbert Aptheker that documents and analyzes the resistance and uprisings of enslaved African Americans in the United States.

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American Negro Slave Revolts canonical	2

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Target entity: American Negro Slave Revolts
Context triple: [Herbert Aptheker, notableWork, American Negro Slave Revolts]

A. A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States
A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States is a mid-19th-century travel narrative and social commentary that examines the economy, society, and conditions of slavery in the American South.
B. An Essay on the Treatment and Conversion of African Slaves
An Essay on the Treatment and Conversion of African Slaves is an 18th-century abolitionist tract arguing for the humane treatment and moral reform of enslaved Africans within the British Empire.
C. Negro Life at the South
"Negro Life at the South" is an 1859 genre painting by American artist Eastman Johnson that depicts the everyday lives of enslaved African Americans in a Washington, D.C. backyard, offering a complex, nuanced view of slavery on the eve of the Civil War.
D. The Slave
The Slave is a novel by Nobel Prize–winning author Isaac Bashevis Singer that explores themes of faith, love, and spiritual resilience in 17th-century Poland through the story of a Jewish man enslaved after a massacre.
E. Black Reconstruction in America
Black Reconstruction in America is W. E. B. Du Bois’s landmark historical study that reinterprets the Reconstruction era as a period of Black political agency and class struggle, challenging dominant racist narratives in U.S. historiography.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: American Negro Slave Revolts
Target entity description: American Negro Slave Revolts is a seminal historical study by Herbert Aptheker that documents and analyzes the resistance and uprisings of enslaved African Americans in the United States.

A. A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States
A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States is a mid-19th-century travel narrative and social commentary that examines the economy, society, and conditions of slavery in the American South.
B. An Essay on the Treatment and Conversion of African Slaves
An Essay on the Treatment and Conversion of African Slaves is an 18th-century abolitionist tract arguing for the humane treatment and moral reform of enslaved Africans within the British Empire.
C. Negro Life at the South
"Negro Life at the South" is an 1859 genre painting by American artist Eastman Johnson that depicts the everyday lives of enslaved African Americans in a Washington, D.C. backyard, offering a complex, nuanced view of slavery on the eve of the Civil War.
D. The Slave
The Slave is a novel by Nobel Prize–winning author Isaac Bashevis Singer that explores themes of faith, love, and spiritual resilience in 17th-century Poland through the story of a Jewish man enslaved after a massacre.
E. Black Reconstruction in America
Black Reconstruction in America is W. E. B. Du Bois’s landmark historical study that reinterprets the Reconstruction era as a period of Black political agency and class struggle, challenging dominant racist narratives in U.S. historiography.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ history book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ
academicDiscipline	African-American studies ⓘ linked to: African American studies history ⓘ slavery studies ⓘ
argument	enslaved African Americans frequently resisted slavery ⓘ slave revolts were widespread in the United States ⓘ the myth of the contented slave is false ⓘ
author	Herbert Aptheker ⓘ
contribution	systematic documentation of slave revolts in the United States ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
describedAs	classic of African-American history ⓘ seminal work on slave resistance ⓘ
focusesOn	armed revolts by enslaved people ⓘ collective resistance to slavery ⓘ slave conspiracies and plots ⓘ uprisings of enslaved African Americans ⓘ
genre	African-American history ⓘ historical study ⓘ
hasEdition	paperback editions ⓘ revised editions ⓘ
hasPart	case studies of specific slave revolts ⓘ discussion of historiography of slave resistance ⓘ statistical analysis of slave resistance ⓘ
historicalContext	World War II era publication ⓘ
influenced	African-American historiography ⓘ civil rights era interpretations of slavery ⓘ scholarship on slave resistance ⓘ
intendedAudience	general readers interested in slavery ⓘ historians ⓘ students of African-American history ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainSubject	history of American slavery ⓘ resistance of enslaved African Americans ⓘ slave rebellions in the United States ⓘ
notableCaseStudy	Denmark Vesey's conspiracy ⓘ Gabriel Prosser's rebellion ⓘ Nat Turner's rebellion ⓘ Stono Rebellion ⓘ
pages	approximately 400 ⓘ
placeOfPublication	New York City ⓘ
publicationYear	1943 ⓘ
publisher	International Publishers ⓘ
timePeriodCovered	18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ antebellum period ⓘ colonial era of the United States ⓘ

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Herbert Aptheker → notableWork → American Negro Slave Revolts ⓘ

subject linked to: Aptheker