Death or liberty [electronic resource] : African Americans and revolutionary America / Douglas R. Egerton.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Egerton, Douglas R.
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
African Americans > History > 18th century.
Slavery > United States > History > 18th century.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > African Americans.
Online Access:
ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete: 2009 (Ebook Central @ Proquest)
EBSCO eBooks: 2009 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2009 (EBSCO)
eBook High School Collection (EBSCOhost): 2009 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
Death or Liberty: African Americans and Revolutionary America
Format: Electronic eBook
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.