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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:Mass Historical Society: The Coromantee War in Jamaica: Charting the Course of an Atlantic Slave Revolt
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SUMMARY:Mass Historical Society: The Coromantee War in Jamaica: Charting the Course of an Atlantic Slave Revolt
DESCRIPTION:<p><strong><a data-url="http://history.fas.harvard.edu/people/vincent-brown" href="internal:/people/vincent-brown" target="_blank" title="Vincent Brown">Vincent Brown</a></strong>, Harvard UniversityComment: Malick Ghachem, MIT</p><p>Drawn from Brown’s current book project, this essay will discuss African diasporic warfare in the Americas. It puts the Jamaican Revolt of 1760-61 in the context of a dramatic series of 17th- and 18th-century revolts and conspiracies that were staged by enslaved Africans from the Gold Coast, known widely as “Coromantees."</p><p>Seminars are free and open to the public; <a href="mailto:seminars@masshist.org">RSVP required</a>.<br><a href="https://www.masshist.org/calendar/seminars/early-american-history">Subscribe</a> to receive advance copies of the seminar papers.</p><p> </p>
LOCATION:1154 Boylston Street , Boston
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