LEADER 03261nam 2200565Ia 450 001 9910966104603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786611925499 010 $a1-281-92549-7 010 $a0-19-974367-3 010 $a0-19-971923-3 035 $a(CKB)24235061600041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC415227 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7033581 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL415227 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10273221 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL192549 035 $a(OCoLC)437093204 035 $a(OCoLC) 179802609 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB166330 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7033581 035 $a(OCoLC)308566663 035 $a(EXLCZ)9924235061600041 100 $a20080623d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDeath or liberty $eAfrican Americans and revolutionary America /$fDouglas R. Egerton 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2009 215 $ax, 342 p. $cill., maps 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [285]-332) and index. 327 $aIntro -- 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 Communities -- EIGHT: Harry Washington's Atlantic Crossings: The Migrations of Black Loyalists -- NINE: 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 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Z. 330 $aThis panoramic history of African Americans in colonial America ranges from the Seven Years' War to the election of Jefferson in 1800. Egerton pays special attention to what black Americans did for themselves in these decades, and his narrative brims with compelling portraits of forgotten African American activists and rebels, who battled huge odds and succeeded in finding liberty--if never equality--only in northern states. Egerton concludes that despite the real possibility of peaceful, if gradual, emancipation, the Founders ultimately lacked the courage to end slavery. 606 $aAfrican Americans$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aSlavery$zUnited States$xHistory$y18th century 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783$xAfrican Americans 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 $a9910966104603321 996 $aDeath or liberty$94462602 997 $aUNINA