Clifton E. Sorrell is a doctoral student in History at the University of Texas at Austin, specializing in slavery in the Atlantic world. Daina Ramey Berry is the Radkey Regents Professor and Chair of History Department at the University of Texas at Austin.
Throughout the annals of American slavery, enslaved people resisted captivity and strived to liberate themselves from bondage, usually against steep odds. The Creole rebellion of 1841 represented one of the most successful uprisings in U.S. history, where more than 100 captives ...read more