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Subject(s)

• United States—History—Revolution, 1775-1783—African Americans [Browse]
• United States—History—Revolution, 1775-1783—Social aspects [Browse]
• Slavery—United States—History—18th century [Browse]
• Antislavery movements—United States—History—18th century [Browse]
• African Americans—History—To 1863 [Browse]

Series

• African American history series (Lanham, Md.) [More in this series]
• The African American history series

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Prologue : "proud of my country"
• "Fire, fire, scorch, scorch" : enslaved Africans in the colonial world
• "The same principle lives in us" : Black people and the revolutionary crisis
• "The fruition of those blessings" : Black people in the emerging republic
• "Now our mother country ": Black Americans and the unfinished revolution
• Epilogue : "you may rejoice, I must mourn" : slaves, free Americans, and the Fourth of July
• Documents
• Bibliographical essay.

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ISBN

• 9781442200289 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 1442200286 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 9781442200296 (electronic)
• 1442200294 (electronic)

LCCN

2011033236

OCLC

698327988

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