LEADER 04358nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910780642403321 005 20230207230827.0 010 $a1-282-35295-4 010 $a9786612352959 010 $a0-300-15569-7 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300155693 035 $a(CKB)2430000000010782 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH23050070 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000298328 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11236009 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000298328 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10343612 035 $a(PQKB)10014061 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420599 035 $a(DE-B1597)485358 035 $a(OCoLC)593254015 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300155693 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420599 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10348496 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL235295 035 $a(OCoLC)923594914 035 $a(EXLCZ)992430000000010782 100 $a20090409d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe hanging of Thomas Jeremiah$b[electronic resource] $ea free black man's encounter with liberty /$fJ. William Harris 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (256 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-300-15214-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIllustrations -- $tPrologue -- $tChapter One. ''Slavery may truly be said to be the peculiar curse of this land'' -- $tChapter Two. ''Those natural and inherent rights that we all feel, and know, as men'' -- $tChapter Three. ''God will deliver his own People from Slavery'' -- $tChapter Four. ''A plan, for instigating the slaves to insurrection'' -- $tChapter Five. ''The Young King was about to alter the World, & set the Negroes Free'' -- $tChapter Six. ''Dark, Hellish plots'' -- $tChapter Seven. ''Justice is Satisfied!'' -- $tEpilogue -- $tAfterword -- $tAbbreviations Used in the Notes -- $tNotes -- $tA Note on Sources -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIndex 330 $aThe tragic untold story of how a nation struggling for its freedom denied it to one of its own.In 1775, Thomas Jeremiah was one of fewer than five hundred "Free Negros" in South Carolina and, with an estimated worth of £1,000 (about $200,000 in today's dollars), possibly the richest person of African descent in British North America. A slaveowner himself, Jeremiah was falsely accused by whites-who resented his success as a Charleston harbor pilot-of sowing insurrection among slaves at the behest of the British.Chief among the accusers was Henry Laurens, Charleston's leading patriot, a slaveowner and former slave trader, who would later become the president of the Continental Congress. On the other side was Lord William Campbell, royal governor of the colony, who passionately believed that the accusation was unjust and tried to save Jeremiah's life but failed. Though a free man, Jeremiah was tried in a slave court and sentenced to death. In August 1775, he was hanged and his body burned.J. William Harris tells Jeremiah's story in full for the first time, illuminating the contradiction between a nation that would be born in a struggle for freedom and yet deny it-often violently-to others. 606 $aFree African Americans$zSouth Carolina$zCharleston$xSocial conditions 606 $aFree African Americans$xLegal status, laws, etc$zSouth Carolina$zCharleston 606 $aLiberty$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aLiberty$xSocial aspects$zUnited States$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aSlavery$zUnited States$xHistory$y18th century 607 $aCharleston (S.C.)$xRace relations$y18th century 607 $aCharleston (S.C.)$xSocial conditions$y18th century 615 0$aFree African Americans$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aFree African Americans$xLegal status, laws, etc. 615 0$aLiberty$xPolitical aspects$xHistory 615 0$aLiberty$xSocial aspects$xHistory 615 0$aSlavery$xHistory 676 $a975.7/91502092 700 $aHarris$b J. William$f1946-$0883893 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780642403321 996 $aThe hanging of Thomas Jeremiah$93733286 997 $aUNINA