03488nam 2200673Ia 450 991045427030332120200520144314.01-281-92549-797866119254990-19-971923-3(CKB)1000000000707634(EBL)415227(OCoLC)437093204(SSID)ssj0001143986(PQKBManifestationID)12527485(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001143986(PQKBWorkID)11113598(PQKB)10146370(SSID)ssj0000135636(PQKBManifestationID)11162685(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000135636(PQKBWorkID)10061880(PQKB)10815592(MiAaPQ)EBC415227(Au-PeEL)EBL415227(CaPaEBR)ebr10273221(CaONFJC)MIL192549(EXLCZ)99100000000070763420080623d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDeath or liberty[electronic resource] African Americans and revolutionary America /Douglas R. EgertonOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20091 online resource (353 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-978225-3 0-19-530669-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-332) and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; PROLOGUE: The Trials of William Lee: A Life in the Age of Revolution; ONE: Equiano's World: The British Atlantic Empire in 1763; TWO: Richard's Cup: Slavery and the Coming of the Revolution; THREE: The Transformation of Colonel Tye: Black Combatants and the war; FOUR: Quok Walker's Suit: Emancipation in the North; FIVE: Absalom's ""Meritorious Service"": Antislavery in the Upper South; SIX: Captain Vesey's Cargo: Continuity in Georgia and the Carolinas; SEVEN: Mum Bett Takes a Name: The Emergence of Free Black CommunitiesEIGHT: Harry Washington's Atlantic Crossings: The Migrations of Black LoyalistsNINE: A Suspicion Only: Racism in the Early Republic; TEN: Eli Whitney's Cotton Engine: Expansion and Rebellion; EPILOGUE: General Gabriel's Flag: Unsuccessful Coda to the Revolution; Notes; IndexPrologue: The Trials of William Lee: A Life in the Age of Revolution. 1. Equiano's World: The British Atlantic Empire in 1763. 2. Richard's Cup: Slavery and the Coming of the Revolution. 3. The Transformation of Colonel Tye: Black Combatants and the War. 4. Quok Walker's Suit: Emancipation in the North. 5. Absalom's ""Meritorious Service"": Antislavery in the Upper South. 6. Captain Vesey's Cargo: Continuity in the Carolinas and Caribbean. 7. Mum Bett Takes a Name: The Emergence of Free Black Communities. 8. Harry Washington's Atlantic Crossings: The Migrations of Black Loyalists. 9. A SuspiciAfrican AmericansHistory18th centurySlaveryUnited StatesHistory18th centuryUnited StatesHistoryRevolution, 1775-1783African AmericansElectronic books.African AmericansHistorySlaveryHistory973.30896Egerton Douglas R869185MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454270303321Death or liberty2248303UNINA