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DANIEL RASMUSSEN, Author of New York Times bestseller, American Uprising - The Untold Story of America's Largest Slave Revolt. In January 1811, a group of about 500 slaves, dressed in military uniforms and armed with guns, cane knives, and axes, rose up from the plantations around New Orleans and set out to conquer the city. This slave army challenged not only the economic system of plantation agriculture, but also American expansion. It was the largest act of armed resistance against slavery in the history of the United States yet largely untold, until now.
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