LEADER 03488nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910454270303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-92549-7 010 $a9786611925499 010 $a0-19-971923-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000707634 035 $a(EBL)415227 035 $a(OCoLC)437093204 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001143986 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12527485 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001143986 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11113598 035 $a(PQKB)10146370 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000135636 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11162685 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000135636 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10061880 035 $a(PQKB)10815592 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC415227 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL415227 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10273221 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL192549 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000707634 100 $a20080623d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDeath or liberty$b[electronic resource] $eAfrican Americans and revolutionary America /$fDouglas R. Egerton 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (353 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-978225-3 311 $a0-19-530669-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [285]-332) and index. 327 $aContents; 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 Communities 327 $aEIGHT: 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; Index 330 $aPrologue: 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 Suspici 606 $aAfrican Americans$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aSlavery$zUnited States$xHistory$y18th century 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783$xAfrican Americans 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xHistory 615 0$aSlavery$xHistory 676 $a973.30896 700 $aEgerton$b Douglas R$0869185 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454270303321 996 $aDeath or liberty$92248303 997 $aUNINA