Black patriots and loyalists : fighting for emancipation in the war for independence / Alan Gilbert.

Gilbert, Alan.
Chicago London : The University of Chicago Press, [2012]
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Notes:

  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-341) and index.
  • Introduction: fear, hope, and the two revolutions in America — Lord Dunmore, black insurrection, and the independence movement in Virginia and South Carolina — Emancipation and revolution: the conjunction of pragmatism and principle — The Laurens family and emancipation — Black fighters for freedom: patriot recruitment and the two revolutions — Black fighters for freedom: British recruitment and the two revolutions — Black fighters in the two revolutions — Honor in defeat — Postwar black emigrations: the search for freedom and self-government — Democratic internationalism and the seeds of freedom.

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