The Negro in the American Revolution
Record details
- ISBN: 0807846031
- ISBN: 9780807846032
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Physical Description:
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xxxiii, 231 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm - Publisher: Chapel Hill : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg Va., by the University of North Carolina Press, ©1996.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Originally published: 1961. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-223) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Foreword / Thad W. Tate -- Introduction / Gary B. Nash -- I. Uncertain Trumpet -- II. "Lord Dunmore's Ethiopian Regiment" -- III. The Negro and the Rights of Man -- IV. Policy Reversal above the Potamac -- V. Arms-Bearers for America -- VI. Behind the Man behind the Gun -- VII. The British and the Blacks -- VIII. In the King's Service -- IX. Evacuation with the British -- X. Heirs of the Same Promise. |
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Subject: | United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 African Americans African Americans History 18th century |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | E 269 .N3 Q3 1996 | 30775305526999 | General Collection | Available | - |
The Negro in the American Revolution
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The Negro in the American Revolution
Originally published in 1961, this classic work remains the most comprehensive history of the many and important roles played by African Americans during the American Revolution. With this book, Benjamin Quarles added a new dimension to the military history of the Revolution and addressed for the first time the diplomatic repercussions created by the British evacuation of African Americans at the close of the war. The compelling narrative brings the Revolution to life by portraying those tumultuous years as experienced by Americans at all levels of society. In an introduction, Gary B. Nash traces the evolution of scholarship on African Americans in the American Revolution from its early roots with William C. Nell to this groundbreaking study. Quarles's work not only reshaped our thinking about the black revolutionary experience but also invigorated the study of black history as we know it today. Thad W. Tate, in a foreword, pays tribute to the importance of this work and explains its continuing relevance.