The forgotten fifth : African Americans in the age of revolution /

As the United States gained independence, a full fifth of the country's population was African American. The experiences of these men and women have been largely ignored in the accounts of the colonies' glorious quest for freedom. In this compact volume, Gary B. Nash reorients our understa...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Nash, Gary B. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2006.
Series:Nathan I. Huggins lectures.
Subjects:
To 1899
African Americans > History > To 1863 > Congresses.
Slavery > United States > History > 18th century > Congresses.
Noirs américains > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1863 > Congrès.
Esclavage > États-Unis > Histoire > 18e siècle > Congrès.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Slavery.
HISTORY > United States > Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
African Americans
Race relations
Slavery
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > African Americans > Congresses.
United States > Race relations > History > 18th century > Congresses.
United States > Race relations > History > 19th century > Congresses.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1775-1783 (Révolution) > Noirs américains > Congrès.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Histoire > 18e siècle > Congrès.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Histoire > 19e siècle > Congrès.
United States
Verenigde Staten.
Conference papers and proceedings
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The black Americans' revolution
  • Could slavery have been abolished?
  • Race and citizenship in the early republic.

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