The Creole Rebellion

Bruce Chadwick is a history professor at New Jersey City University and a retired part-time lecturer at Rutgers University. He is the author of thirty books, including several books on the Antebellum and Civil War periods. His most recent book is Law & Disorder: The Chaotic Birth of the NYPD.

List of Illustrations Preface Chapter One. Cruising down the Atlantic Coast Chapter Two. Sandy Beaches, Swaying Palm Trees, and Hoped-for Freedom in Nassau Town Chapter Three. 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Chapter Four. Into the Whirlwind Chapter Five. Ashore in New Orleans Chapter Six. In the Creole's Wake, the Abolitionists Storm Washington, DC Chapter Seven. The Crucifixion of Joshua Giddings, the Abolitionists, and Anybody Who Supported the Mutineers aboard the Creole Chapter Eight. The Last Fight-Texas Epilogue Notes Bibliography

In this eminently readable and meticulously researched book, Bruce Chadwick examines the revolt as well as its political, legal, and diplomatic fallout. This will be the definitive study for years to come." - Kerry Walters, author of Harriet Tubman: A Life in American History "The Creole mutiny was a blazing landmark in the torturous journey toward the abolition of slavery in the United States. This informative and well-written book provides a rendering of this turning point that must not only be read, but studied." - Gerald Horne, author of Negro Comrades of the Crown: African Americans and the British Empire Fight the U.S. Before Emancipation "Bruce Chadwick is a historian who never forgets that his chief task is to tell a good story. The story of the Creole, no doubt the most successful of all slave insurrections, presents what may be one of the few bright spots in the grim history of American slavery. It is fascinating in itself, but it also illuminates the other slave insurrections, on land and sea, of which too many Americans might otherwise be unaware." - Michael Aaron Rockland, author of An American Diplomat in Franco Spain