Death or liberty, African Americans and revolutionary America, Douglas R. Egerton
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Death or liberty, African Americans and revolutionary America, Douglas R. Egerton
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-332) and index
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non fiction
Main title
Death or liberty
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bibliography
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179802609
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Douglas R. Egerton
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African Americans and revolutionary America
Table Of Contents
The trials of William Lee: A life in the age of revolution -- Equiano's world: The British Atlantic Empire in 1763 -- Richard's cup: Slavery and the coming of the revolution -- The transformation of Colonel Tye: Black combatants and the war -- Quok Walker's suit: Emancipation in the North -- Absalom's "meritorious service" : Antislavery in the Upper South -- Captain Vesey's cargo: Continuity in Georgia and the Carolinas -- Mum Bett takes a name: The emergence of free Black communities -- Harry Washington's Atlantic crossings: The migrations of Black loyalists -- A suspicion only: Racism in the Early Republic -- Eli Whitney's cotton engine: Expansion and rebellion -- General Gabriel's flag: Unsuccessful coda to the revolution
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