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
