A Clever Hero: Slave Revolt Leader Charles Deslondes
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Charles Deslondes; Slave Revolts: American History
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Deslondes was, ostensibly, a loyal slave-driver … a slave who also oversaw his brutal master’s vast plantation. Deslondes was feared by slaves and trusted by white plantation owners. But all the while, he was plotting…planning and preparing.
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