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Revolutionary Citizens : African Americans 1776-1804.
Little exposed the contradictions between slavery and freedom for African Americans as much as the American Revolution. It was a contradiction many resolved to settle. Some, such as Crispus Attucks, joined with other colonists in striking direct blows for liberty. Others, meanwhile, heard the pleas...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cary :
Oxford University Press, Incorporated,
1997.
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| Colección: | Young Oxford History of African Americans Ser.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Little exposed the contradictions between slavery and freedom for African Americans as much as the American Revolution. It was a contradiction many resolved to settle. Some, such as Crispus Attucks, joined with other colonists in striking direct blows for liberty. Others, meanwhile, heard the pleas for loyalty to the British crown, and with the promise of emancipation as their reward, remained faithful to the old order only to see it vanish before them. But whether in the poems of Phillis Wheatley, the legal action of Quok Walker, or the efforts of Paul Cuffe, Americans of African descent help. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (145 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780199762521 019976252X |