Bibliograph

Type

Label

Death or liberty, African Americans and revolutionary America, Douglas R. Egerton

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-332) and index

Illustrations

mapsportraitsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Death or liberty

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

179802609

Responsibility statement

Douglas R. Egerton

Sub title

African Americans and revolutionary America

Summary

In Death or Liberty, Douglas R. Egerton offers a sweeping chronicle of African American history stretching from Britain's 1763 victory in the Seven Years' War to the election of slaveholder Thomas Jefferson as president in 1800. - book jacket

Table Of 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

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