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Black patriots and loyalists : fighting for emancipation in the war for independence

Title
Black patriots and loyalists : fighting for emancipation in the war for independence / Alan Gilbert.
Author
Gilbert, Alan.
Publication
Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, [2012]

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Description
xvi, 369 pages; 24 cm
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-341) and index.
Contents
Introduction: fear, hope, and the two revolutions in America -- Lord Dunmore, black insurrection, and the independence movement in Virginia and South Carolina -- Emancipation and revolution: the conjunction of pragmatism and principle -- The Laurens family and emancipation -- Black fighters for freedom: patriot recruitment and the two revolutions -- Black fighters for freedom: British recruitment and the two revolutions -- Black fighters in the two revolutions -- Honor in defeat -- Postwar black emigrations: the search for freedom and self-government -- Democratic internationalism and the seeds of freedom.
Call Number
Sc E 12-706
ISBN
  • 9780226293073 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
  • 0226293076 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
LCCN
2011035577
OCLC
748577980
Author
Gilbert, Alan.
Title
Black patriots and loyalists : fighting for emancipation in the war for independence / Alan Gilbert.
Imprint
Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, [2012]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-341) and index.
Research Call Number
Sc E 12-706
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