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In this fresh look at liberty and freedom in the Revolutionary era from the perspective of black Americans, Woody Holton recounts the experiences of slaves who seized freedom by joining the British as well as those - slave and free - who served in Patriot military forces. Holton's introduction examines the conditions of black American life on the eve of colonial independence and the ways in which Revolutionary rhetoric about liberty provided African Americans with the language and inspiration for advancing their cause. Despite the rhetoric, however, most black Americans remained enslaved after…mehr
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In this fresh look at liberty and freedom in the Revolutionary era from the perspective of black Americans, Woody Holton recounts the experiences of slaves who seized freedom by joining the British as well as those - slave and free - who served in Patriot military forces. Holton's introduction examines the conditions of black American life on the eve of colonial independence and the ways in which Revolutionary rhetoric about liberty provided African Americans with the language and inspiration for advancing their cause. Despite the rhetoric, however, most black Americans remained enslaved after the Revolution. The introduction outlines ways African Americans influenced the course of the Revolution and continued to be affected by its aftermath. Amplifying these themes are nearly forty documents that testify to the diverse goals and actions of African Americans during the Revolutionary era.
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- Verlag: Bedford Books / Macmillan Learning
- Seitenzahl: 176
- Erscheinungstermin: 23. Januar 2009
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 208mm x 141mm x 10mm
- Gewicht: 203g
- ISBN-13: 9780312413590
- ISBN-10: 0312413599
- Artikelnr.: 25845267
- Verlag: Bedford Books / Macmillan Learning
- Seitenzahl: 176
- Erscheinungstermin: 23. Januar 2009
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 208mm x 141mm x 10mm
- Gewicht: 203g
- ISBN-13: 9780312413590
- ISBN-10: 0312413599
- Artikelnr.: 25845267
Woody Holton
Foreword Preface PART ONE: Introduction Black Americans on the Eve of White Independence Black Americans and the Coming of the American Revolution African Americans in the Revolutionary War Challenging Slavery Revolutionary Legacies PART TWO: The Documents Chapter 1: Black Americans and the Coming of the American Revolution
1750–1775 1. Fugitive Slave Advertisements
1750–1774 2. Briton Hammon
A Narrative of the Uncommon Sufferings
and Surprising Deliverance
of Briton Hammon
A Negro Man
1760 3. James Otis
The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved
1764 4. Landon Carter
Plantation Diary
March 22
1770 5. "Felix
" Petition to Governor
Council
and House of Representatives of Massachusetts
January 6
1773 6. Massachusetts African Americans
Petition to Local Representatives
April 20
1773 7. Patrick Henry
Letter to Robert Pleasants
January 18
1773 8. Phillis Wheatley
Poems on Various Subjects
Religious and Moral
1773 On the Death of the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield On Being Brought from Africa to America 9. Phillis Wheatley
Letter to Samsom Occom
February 11
1774 Chapter 2: African Americans in the Revolutionary War
1775–1783 10. Andrew Estave
Letter in the Virginia Gazette
July 20
1775 11. John Murray
Lord Dunmore
A Proclamation
November 7
1775 12. Wartime Fugitive Slave Advertisements
1776–1782 13. Extract of a Letter from Monmouth County
June 21
1780 14. Sergeant Murphy Steele
Deposition Reporting a Supernatural Encounter
August 16
1781 15. John Trumbull
Battle of Bunker’s Hill
1786 16. Jacob Francis
Revolutionary War Pension Application
1836 Chapter 3: Challenging Slavery
1776–1787 17. Thomas Jefferson
Original Rough Draft of the Declaration of Independence
1776 18. New Hampshire Slaves
Freedom Petition
November 12
1779 19. Free Blacks in Dartmouth
Massachusetts
Petition against Taxation without Representation
February 10
1780 20. William Cushing
Charge to the Jury in the Case of Quok Walker
1783 21. Susan Sedgwick
Elizabeth Freeman
1811 Chapter 4: Revolutionary Legacies
1785–1855 22. John Marrant
Narrative
July 18
1785 23. Citizens of Halifax County
Virginia
Petition Defending Slavery
November 10
1785 24. Prince Hall and Other "African Blacks
" Petition to the Massachusetts Legislature for Return to Africa
January 4
1787 25. Free African Society
Charter
April 12
1787 26. Thomas Jefferson
Notes on the State of Virginia
1788 27. Rose Fortune
1780s? 28. Benjamin Banneker and Thomas Jefferson
Exchange of Letters
August 19 and 30
1791 29. Saul
Petition to the Virginia State Legislature
October 9
1792 30. David George
An Account of the Life of Mr. David George from Sierra Leone
Africa
Given by Himself
1793 31. Boston King
Memoirs of the Life of Boston King
A Black Preachers
Written by Himself
July 4
1796 32. Freemen from North Carolina
Petition to Congress
January 23
1797 33. Prosser’s Ben
Mr. Price’s John
and Ben Woolfolk
Testimony against Gabriel
October 6
1800 34. Raphaelle Peale
Absalom Jones
1810 35. Paul Cuffee
Memoir of Captain Paul Cuffee
October 1811 36. William C. Nell
Colored Patriots of the American Revolution
1855 APPENDIXES A Chronology of Black Americans in the Revolutionary Era Questions for Consideration Selected Bibliography Index
1750–1775 1. Fugitive Slave Advertisements
1750–1774 2. Briton Hammon
A Narrative of the Uncommon Sufferings
and Surprising Deliverance
of Briton Hammon
A Negro Man
1760 3. James Otis
The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved
1764 4. Landon Carter
Plantation Diary
March 22
1770 5. "Felix
" Petition to Governor
Council
and House of Representatives of Massachusetts
January 6
1773 6. Massachusetts African Americans
Petition to Local Representatives
April 20
1773 7. Patrick Henry
Letter to Robert Pleasants
January 18
1773 8. Phillis Wheatley
Poems on Various Subjects
Religious and Moral
1773 On the Death of the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield On Being Brought from Africa to America 9. Phillis Wheatley
Letter to Samsom Occom
February 11
1774 Chapter 2: African Americans in the Revolutionary War
1775–1783 10. Andrew Estave
Letter in the Virginia Gazette
July 20
1775 11. John Murray
Lord Dunmore
A Proclamation
November 7
1775 12. Wartime Fugitive Slave Advertisements
1776–1782 13. Extract of a Letter from Monmouth County
June 21
1780 14. Sergeant Murphy Steele
Deposition Reporting a Supernatural Encounter
August 16
1781 15. John Trumbull
Battle of Bunker’s Hill
1786 16. Jacob Francis
Revolutionary War Pension Application
1836 Chapter 3: Challenging Slavery
1776–1787 17. Thomas Jefferson
Original Rough Draft of the Declaration of Independence
1776 18. New Hampshire Slaves
Freedom Petition
November 12
1779 19. Free Blacks in Dartmouth
Massachusetts
Petition against Taxation without Representation
February 10
1780 20. William Cushing
Charge to the Jury in the Case of Quok Walker
1783 21. Susan Sedgwick
Elizabeth Freeman
1811 Chapter 4: Revolutionary Legacies
1785–1855 22. John Marrant
Narrative
July 18
1785 23. Citizens of Halifax County
Virginia
Petition Defending Slavery
November 10
1785 24. Prince Hall and Other "African Blacks
" Petition to the Massachusetts Legislature for Return to Africa
January 4
1787 25. Free African Society
Charter
April 12
1787 26. Thomas Jefferson
Notes on the State of Virginia
1788 27. Rose Fortune
1780s? 28. Benjamin Banneker and Thomas Jefferson
Exchange of Letters
August 19 and 30
1791 29. Saul
Petition to the Virginia State Legislature
October 9
1792 30. David George
An Account of the Life of Mr. David George from Sierra Leone
Africa
Given by Himself
1793 31. Boston King
Memoirs of the Life of Boston King
A Black Preachers
Written by Himself
July 4
1796 32. Freemen from North Carolina
Petition to Congress
January 23
1797 33. Prosser’s Ben
Mr. Price’s John
and Ben Woolfolk
Testimony against Gabriel
October 6
1800 34. Raphaelle Peale
Absalom Jones
1810 35. Paul Cuffee
Memoir of Captain Paul Cuffee
October 1811 36. William C. Nell
Colored Patriots of the American Revolution
1855 APPENDIXES A Chronology of Black Americans in the Revolutionary Era Questions for Consideration Selected Bibliography Index
Foreword Preface PART ONE: Introduction Black Americans on the Eve of White Independence Black Americans and the Coming of the American Revolution African Americans in the Revolutionary War Challenging Slavery Revolutionary Legacies PART TWO: The Documents Chapter 1: Black Americans and the Coming of the American Revolution
1750–1775 1. Fugitive Slave Advertisements
1750–1774 2. Briton Hammon
A Narrative of the Uncommon Sufferings
and Surprising Deliverance
of Briton Hammon
A Negro Man
1760 3. James Otis
The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved
1764 4. Landon Carter
Plantation Diary
March 22
1770 5. "Felix
" Petition to Governor
Council
and House of Representatives of Massachusetts
January 6
1773 6. Massachusetts African Americans
Petition to Local Representatives
April 20
1773 7. Patrick Henry
Letter to Robert Pleasants
January 18
1773 8. Phillis Wheatley
Poems on Various Subjects
Religious and Moral
1773 On the Death of the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield On Being Brought from Africa to America 9. Phillis Wheatley
Letter to Samsom Occom
February 11
1774 Chapter 2: African Americans in the Revolutionary War
1775–1783 10. Andrew Estave
Letter in the Virginia Gazette
July 20
1775 11. John Murray
Lord Dunmore
A Proclamation
November 7
1775 12. Wartime Fugitive Slave Advertisements
1776–1782 13. Extract of a Letter from Monmouth County
June 21
1780 14. Sergeant Murphy Steele
Deposition Reporting a Supernatural Encounter
August 16
1781 15. John Trumbull
Battle of Bunker’s Hill
1786 16. Jacob Francis
Revolutionary War Pension Application
1836 Chapter 3: Challenging Slavery
1776–1787 17. Thomas Jefferson
Original Rough Draft of the Declaration of Independence
1776 18. New Hampshire Slaves
Freedom Petition
November 12
1779 19. Free Blacks in Dartmouth
Massachusetts
Petition against Taxation without Representation
February 10
1780 20. William Cushing
Charge to the Jury in the Case of Quok Walker
1783 21. Susan Sedgwick
Elizabeth Freeman
1811 Chapter 4: Revolutionary Legacies
1785–1855 22. John Marrant
Narrative
July 18
1785 23. Citizens of Halifax County
Virginia
Petition Defending Slavery
November 10
1785 24. Prince Hall and Other "African Blacks
" Petition to the Massachusetts Legislature for Return to Africa
January 4
1787 25. Free African Society
Charter
April 12
1787 26. Thomas Jefferson
Notes on the State of Virginia
1788 27. Rose Fortune
1780s? 28. Benjamin Banneker and Thomas Jefferson
Exchange of Letters
August 19 and 30
1791 29. Saul
Petition to the Virginia State Legislature
October 9
1792 30. David George
An Account of the Life of Mr. David George from Sierra Leone
Africa
Given by Himself
1793 31. Boston King
Memoirs of the Life of Boston King
A Black Preachers
Written by Himself
July 4
1796 32. Freemen from North Carolina
Petition to Congress
January 23
1797 33. Prosser’s Ben
Mr. Price’s John
and Ben Woolfolk
Testimony against Gabriel
October 6
1800 34. Raphaelle Peale
Absalom Jones
1810 35. Paul Cuffee
Memoir of Captain Paul Cuffee
October 1811 36. William C. Nell
Colored Patriots of the American Revolution
1855 APPENDIXES A Chronology of Black Americans in the Revolutionary Era Questions for Consideration Selected Bibliography Index
1750–1775 1. Fugitive Slave Advertisements
1750–1774 2. Briton Hammon
A Narrative of the Uncommon Sufferings
and Surprising Deliverance
of Briton Hammon
A Negro Man
1760 3. James Otis
The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved
1764 4. Landon Carter
Plantation Diary
March 22
1770 5. "Felix
" Petition to Governor
Council
and House of Representatives of Massachusetts
January 6
1773 6. Massachusetts African Americans
Petition to Local Representatives
April 20
1773 7. Patrick Henry
Letter to Robert Pleasants
January 18
1773 8. Phillis Wheatley
Poems on Various Subjects
Religious and Moral
1773 On the Death of the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield On Being Brought from Africa to America 9. Phillis Wheatley
Letter to Samsom Occom
February 11
1774 Chapter 2: African Americans in the Revolutionary War
1775–1783 10. Andrew Estave
Letter in the Virginia Gazette
July 20
1775 11. John Murray
Lord Dunmore
A Proclamation
November 7
1775 12. Wartime Fugitive Slave Advertisements
1776–1782 13. Extract of a Letter from Monmouth County
June 21
1780 14. Sergeant Murphy Steele
Deposition Reporting a Supernatural Encounter
August 16
1781 15. John Trumbull
Battle of Bunker’s Hill
1786 16. Jacob Francis
Revolutionary War Pension Application
1836 Chapter 3: Challenging Slavery
1776–1787 17. Thomas Jefferson
Original Rough Draft of the Declaration of Independence
1776 18. New Hampshire Slaves
Freedom Petition
November 12
1779 19. Free Blacks in Dartmouth
Massachusetts
Petition against Taxation without Representation
February 10
1780 20. William Cushing
Charge to the Jury in the Case of Quok Walker
1783 21. Susan Sedgwick
Elizabeth Freeman
1811 Chapter 4: Revolutionary Legacies
1785–1855 22. John Marrant
Narrative
July 18
1785 23. Citizens of Halifax County
Virginia
Petition Defending Slavery
November 10
1785 24. Prince Hall and Other "African Blacks
" Petition to the Massachusetts Legislature for Return to Africa
January 4
1787 25. Free African Society
Charter
April 12
1787 26. Thomas Jefferson
Notes on the State of Virginia
1788 27. Rose Fortune
1780s? 28. Benjamin Banneker and Thomas Jefferson
Exchange of Letters
August 19 and 30
1791 29. Saul
Petition to the Virginia State Legislature
October 9
1792 30. David George
An Account of the Life of Mr. David George from Sierra Leone
Africa
Given by Himself
1793 31. Boston King
Memoirs of the Life of Boston King
A Black Preachers
Written by Himself
July 4
1796 32. Freemen from North Carolina
Petition to Congress
January 23
1797 33. Prosser’s Ben
Mr. Price’s John
and Ben Woolfolk
Testimony against Gabriel
October 6
1800 34. Raphaelle Peale
Absalom Jones
1810 35. Paul Cuffee
Memoir of Captain Paul Cuffee
October 1811 36. William C. Nell
Colored Patriots of the American Revolution
1855 APPENDIXES A Chronology of Black Americans in the Revolutionary Era Questions for Consideration Selected Bibliography Index