{"product_id":"revolution-by-fire","title":"Revolution by Fire - New York's Afro-Irish Uprising of 1741, a Graphic Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eBased on the little known real life \"Slave Insurrection\" of 1741, this book imagines outlaw fugitive John Gwin and an eclectic crew of renegades as they attempt to disrupt and overthrow the colonial social order\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRebel fugitive John Gwin was previously introduced in \u003cb\u003eUnder the Banner of King Death\u003c\/b\u003e and this graphic novel continues his adventures. \u003ci\u003eRevolution by Fire\u003c\/i\u003e is a hypothetical look at the inner workings of the so called “New York Conspiracy” or \"Slave Rebellion\" of 1741, following the figures who were considered the real-life masterminds of the plot.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeaturing an eclectic crew of African-American, Irish, and mixed race Hispanic sailors, soldiers, and renegades, Gwin and his band are determined to capture New York City in their own names and fight the higher class “wigs and ruffles” wearing white people. Unfortunately for the conspirators, suspicions about an uprising were already in the minds of the Governor and his fellow elites, and the events that followed change the course of everyone’s lives forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on the chapter titled “Outcasts of the Nations of the Earth” in Rediker’s and Peter Linebaugh’s \u003ci\u003eThe Many-Headed Hydra: Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic, \u003c\/i\u003ethe book provides a fly-on-the-wall view of a historical event reimagined, highlighting cooperation among races and classes that transcends the social order of its time—and inspire us today.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51305691382048,"sku":"9780807012550","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0836\/3661\/7504\/files\/9780807012550.jpg?v=1772763064","url":"https:\/\/creativebysanchez.com\/products\/revolution-by-fire","provider":"Creative By Sanchez","version":"1.0","type":"link"}