Night of the Silent Drums: A Narrative of Slave Rebellion on the Virgin Islands

by John L. Anderson

A semi-fictional account of the slave uprising in 1733-34 on the Danish West Indies island of St. Jan, reconstructing the island's ways of life, the actions of planters and Africans, and the uprising's outcome

Genres: History

Hardcover

First published August 1, 1975

Reviews

[Susan]

I can't remember where I heard about this, so I don't know why I was expecting nonfiction and not a novel.

[pat · Rating 1 out of 5]

Historical fiction written from the perspective of a white slaveholder. Eh.

[John · Rating 4 out of 5]

I WAS GLADD TO FINISH THIS BOOK. IT WAS ONLY 400 PAGES BUT HAD OVER 120 CHARACTERS. tHE NUMBER I KNOW AS THEY WERE LISTED IN BACK OF BOOK. IT WAS A TRUE STORY AND EVEN THE REAL NAMES OF THOSE INVOLVED WERE USED BUT IT WAS MORE LIKE A MILITARY REPORT THAN A HISTORICAL NOVEL. STILL IT WAS WELL WRITTEN AND I WAS ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH WHO WAS WHO. I HAD READ OF THIS SLAVE REBELLION BEFORE BUT NEVER IN SUCH DETAIL. I MAY COME BACK LATER AND RAISE THIS TO 5 STARS?????

[Janieb · Rating 5 out of 5]

Incredibly disturbing from a time of harsh reality of the oppressiveness of a plantation society entrenched in the horrors of slavery.