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Call Words:	GEN HISTORY 1775-1783 AFRICAN-A EGE
Location:	MAIN LIBRARY
Item Type:	Book
Title:	Death or liberty : African Americans and revolutionary America / Douglas R. Egerton
Author:	Egerton, Douglas R
Publication Info:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Physical Desc:	x, 342 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.

Bibliographic Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-332) and index.

Contents:

Prologue. 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.

Donation Note:

From Jane Johnson

Subject:

African Americans--History--18th century Slavery--History--18th century--United States

Subject:

United States--History--African Americans--Revolution, 1775-1783