Title The Creole affair : the slave rebellion that led the U.S. and Great Britain to the brink of war / Arthur T. Downey.

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Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2014.

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Description	1 online resource (237 pages)
Note	Print version record.
Contents	The Rebellion -- I. The Context: Pre-November 1841 -- 1. The United States -- 2. US-British Relations-At the Brink -- 3. The British Bahamas II. Forward: November 1841 -- 4. In Nassau -- 5. In the United States -- 6. Enter Diplomacy; Crisis Averted -- III. Afterward: Post-November 1841 -- 7. Insurance for Slave "Property" -- 8. Should the British Have Freed the Slaves? -- 9. A Former Slave's Heroic Slave.
Summary	The Creole Affair is the story of the most successful slave rebellion in modern history. 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 it been allowed to escalate, had the potential for catastrophe.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject	Washington, Madison. (OCoLC)fst00483488
	Diplomatic relations. (OCoLC)fst01907412
	United States -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
	Slave rebellions -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
	Ashburton, Alexander Baring, Baron, 1774-1848.
	POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
	Webster-Ashburton Treaty (1842 August 9)
	Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852. (OCoLC)fst00052144
	Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- United States.
Chronological Term	1800 - 1899
Subject	Creole (Brig)
	Washington, Madison.
	Slave insurrections. (OCoLC)fst01120389
	Webster-Ashburton Treaty (1842 August 9) (OCoLC)fst01918186
	Creole (Brig) (OCoLC)fst00611215
	Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852.
	Enslaved persons -- Emancipation. (OCoLC)fst01120540
	Mutiny -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Subject	Mutiny. (OCoLC)fst01031168
	Ashburton, Alexander Baring, Baron, 1774-1848. (OCoLC)fst00196646
	Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- Bahamas -- History -- 19th century.
	POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
	Bahamas. (OCoLC)fst01205834
Other Form:	Print version: Downey, Arthur T. Creole Affair : The Slave Rebellion that Led the U.S. and Great Britain to the Brink of War. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2014 9781442236615
ISBN	9781442236622 (electronic bk.)
	1442236620 (electronic bk.)

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