The Black presence in the era of the American Revolution
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- ISBN: 0870236628
- ISBN: 9780870236624
- ISBN: 0870236636
- ISBN: 9780870236631
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vii, 305 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm - Edition: Rev. ed.
- Publisher: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, ©1989.
Contents / Notes
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-292) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | I. Homage to liberty -- II. Preludes to the Declaration: Crispus Attucks and the Boston Massacre -- Aftermath of Attucks: portraits in petitions -- The shot heard round the world: Lexington and Concord, Bunker Hill, and the Great Bridge -- The Declaration of Independence -- III. Bearers of arms: patriot and Tory: A trio with the generals: William Lee, James Armistead Lafayette, Agrippa Hull -- A muster of brave soldiers and sailors -- Three black units -- In the service of the king -- IV. The black clergy: Founders of the African Baptist Church: David George, George Liele, Andrew Bryan -- Founders of the African Methodist Church: Richard Allen, Absalom Jones, Peter Williams -- Three black ministers: John Marrant, John Chavis, Lemuel Haynes -- V. The emergence of gifts and powers: Benjamin Banneker -- Captain Paul Cuffe -- Jean Baptiste Point du Sable -- Dick Pointer: he saved the fort -- Dr. James Derham and Thomas Fuller -- Phillis Wheatley -- Jupiter Hammon -- Wentworth Cheswill of Newmarket, New Hampshire -- Prince Hall: organizer -- Olaudah Equiano: the image of Africa -- The burgeoning of art and craft -- VI. Against the odds: Lucy Terry Prince: Vermont poet and advocate -- Alice: pioneer of Philadelphia -- Belinda of Boston: "marked with the furrows of time" -- Elizabeth Freeman and the Bill of Rights -- Felix Cuff: Massachusetts maroon -- Primus Hall: soldier and citizen -- Yarrow Mamout: Maryland Muslim -- Venture Smith: Colonial John Henry -- Moses Sash: "a captain & one of Shaises Councill" -- Amos and Violate Fortune: first citizens of New Hampshire -- Three Concord blacks: John Jack, Brister Freeman, Casey Whitney -- VII. The incomplete revolution. |
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