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100 1 $aDowney, Arthur T.$0(uri) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80096255$0(uri) http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC|n80096255
245 14 $aThe Creole affair :$bthe slave rebellion that led the U.S. and Great Britain to the brink of war /$cArthur T. Downey.
264 1 $aLanham :$bRowman & Littlefield,$c[2014]
300 $aviii, 227 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- The rebellion -- Part I. The context : pre-November 1841 -- The United States -- US-British relations at the brink -- The British Bahamas -- Part II. November 1841, forward -- In Nassau -- In the United States -- Enter diplomacy; crisis averted -- Part III. Afterward -- Insurance for slave "property" -- Should the British have freed the slaves? -- A former slave's heroic slave -- Epilogue -- Appendix I: Chronology -- Appendix II: President Tyler's message to Congress, Dec. 7, 1841 -- Appendix III: Exchange of diplomatic notes, August 1, 6, 8, 1842.
520 $aThe Creole Affair is the story of the most successful slave rebellion in American history, and the effects of that rebellion on diplomacy, the domestic slave trade, and the definition of slavery itself. Held against their will aboard the Creole--a slave ship on its way from Richmond to New Orleans in 1841--the rebels seized control of the ship and changed course to the Bahamas. Because the Bahamas were subject to British rule of law, the slaves were eventually set free, and these American slaves' presence on foreign soil sparked one of America's most contentious diplomatic battles with the UK, the nation in control of those remote islands. Though the rebellion appeared a success, the ensuing political battle between the United States and Britain that would lead the rivals to the brink of their third war, was just beginning. As such, The Creole Affair is just as importantly a story of diplomacy: of two extraordinary non-professional diplomats who cleverly resolved the tensions arising from this historic slave uprising that, had they been allowed to escalate, had the potential for catastrophe.
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650 0 $aMutiny$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century.$0(uri) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85089136
600 10 $aWashington, Madison.$0(uri) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2002041631$0(uri) http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC|n2002041631
650 0 $aSlaves$xEmancipation$zBahamas$xHistory$y19th century.$0(uri) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85123347
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zGreat Britain.$0(uri) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100124
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xForeign relations$zUnited States.$0(uri) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100252
600 10 $aWebster, Daniel,$d1782-1852.$0(uri) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80034929$0(uri) http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC|n80034929
600 10 $aAshburton, Alexander Baring,$cBaron,$d1774-1848$0(uri) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86013628$0(uri) http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC|n86013628
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