Peter's war : a New England slave boy and the American Revolution /

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A boy named Peter, born to a slave in Massachusetts in 1763, was sold nineteen months later to a childless white couple there. This bookrecounts the fascinating history of how the American Revolution came to Peter's small town, how he joined the revolutionary army at the age of twelve, and how...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Malcolm, Joyce Lee
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale Univ. Press, ©2009.
Temas:
Peter, > 1763-1791 or 1792.
Peter, > 1763-1791 or 1792
1700-1799
Enslaved children > Massachusetts > Lincoln > Biography.
African American boys > Massachusetts > Lincoln > Biography.
Farm life > Massachusetts > Lincoln > History > 18th century.
African American soldiers > Massachusetts > Biography.
Militaires noirs américains > Massachusetts > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY.
HISTORY > United States > Colonial Period (1600-1775)
Military participation > African American
African American boys
African American soldiers
Enslaved children
Farm life
Manners and customs
Race relations
Sklave
Kind
Lincoln (Mass.) > Social life and customs > 18th century.
Lincoln (Mass.) > Biography.
Massachusetts > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Participation, African American.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Participation, African American.
New England > Race relations > History > 18th century.
Nouvelle-Angleterre > Relations raciales > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Massachusetts
Massachusetts > Lincoln
New England
United States
Lincoln, Mass.
Schwärze
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1. The Hardship Sale
  • Chapter 2. Growing Pains
  • Chapter 3. The Four Horsemen
  • Chapter 4. In the Crosshairs
  • Chapter 5. The Killing
  • Chapter 6. Answering the Call
  • Chapter 7. Another Call, Another Answer
  • Chapter 8. Home Fires and Campfires
  • Chapter 9. The Ethiopian Regiment
  • Chapter 10. A Motherless Child
  • Chapter 11. Getting Back, Getting Even
  • Chapter 12. The Year of Possibilities
  • Chapter 13. Trials and Tribulations
  • Chapter 14. An Eye for an Eye
  • Chapter 15. Free at Last
  • Chapter 16. The Winter SoldierChapter 17. Final Battles
  • Afterword
  • Essay on Sources
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • V
  • W
  • Y

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