Death or liberty [[electronic resource] ] : African Americans and revolutionary America / / Douglas R. Egerton |
Autore | Egerton Douglas R |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (353 p.) |
Disciplina | 973.30896 |
Soggetto topico |
African Americans - History - 18th century
Slavery - United States - History - 18th century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-281-92549-7
9786611925499 0-19-971923-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
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 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 |
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Death or liberty [[electronic resource] ] : African Americans and revolutionary America / / Douglas R. Egerton |
Autore | Egerton Douglas R |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | x, 342 p. : ill., maps |
Disciplina | 973.30896 |
Soggetto topico |
African Americans - History - 18th century
Slavery - United States - History - 18th century |
ISBN |
9786611925499
1-281-92549-7 0-19-974367-3 0-19-971923-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795713103321 |
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Death or liberty : African Americans and revolutionary America / / Douglas R. Egerton |
Autore | Egerton Douglas R |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | x, 342 p. : ill., maps |
Disciplina | 973.30896 |
Soggetto topico |
African Americans - History - 18th century
Slavery - United States - History - 18th century |
ISBN |
9786611925499
1-281-92549-7 0-19-974367-3 0-19-971923-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Intro -- 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824419903321 |
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The hanging of Thomas Jeremiah [[electronic resource] ] : a free black man's encounter with liberty / / J. William Harris |
Autore | Harris J. William <1946-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
Disciplina | 975.7/91502092 |
Soggetto topico |
Free African Americans - South Carolina - Charleston - Social conditions
Free African Americans - Legal status, laws, etc - South Carolina - Charleston Liberty - Political aspects - United States - History - 18th century Liberty - Social aspects - United States - History - 18th century Slavery - United States - History - 18th century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-35295-4
9786612352959 0-300-15569-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Prologue -- Chapter One. ''Slavery may truly be said to be the peculiar curse of this land'' -- Chapter Two. ''Those natural and inherent rights that we all feel, and know, as men'' -- Chapter Three. ''God will deliver his own People from Slavery'' -- Chapter Four. ''A plan, for instigating the slaves to insurrection'' -- Chapter Five. ''The Young King was about to alter the World, & set the Negroes Free'' -- Chapter Six. ''Dark, Hellish plots'' -- Chapter Seven. ''Justice is Satisfied!'' -- Epilogue -- Afterword -- Abbreviations Used in the Notes -- Notes -- A Note on Sources -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456809103321 |
Harris J. William <1946->
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New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2009 | ||
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The hanging of Thomas Jeremiah [[electronic resource] ] : a free black man's encounter with liberty / / J. William Harris |
Autore | Harris J. William <1946-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
Disciplina | 975.7/91502092 |
Soggetto topico |
Free African Americans - South Carolina - Charleston - Social conditions
Free African Americans - Legal status, laws, etc - South Carolina - Charleston Liberty - Political aspects - United States - History - 18th century Liberty - Social aspects - United States - History - 18th century Slavery - United States - History - 18th century |
ISBN |
1-282-35295-4
9786612352959 0-300-15569-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Prologue -- Chapter One. ''Slavery may truly be said to be the peculiar curse of this land'' -- Chapter Two. ''Those natural and inherent rights that we all feel, and know, as men'' -- Chapter Three. ''God will deliver his own People from Slavery'' -- Chapter Four. ''A plan, for instigating the slaves to insurrection'' -- Chapter Five. ''The Young King was about to alter the World, & set the Negroes Free'' -- Chapter Six. ''Dark, Hellish plots'' -- Chapter Seven. ''Justice is Satisfied!'' -- Epilogue -- Afterword -- Abbreviations Used in the Notes -- Notes -- A Note on Sources -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780642403321 |
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New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2009 | ||
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The hanging of Thomas Jeremiah : a free black man's encounter with liberty / / J. William Harris |
Autore | Harris J. William <1946-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
Disciplina | 975.7/91502092 |
Soggetto topico |
Free African Americans - South Carolina - Charleston - Social conditions
Free African Americans - Legal status, laws, etc - South Carolina - Charleston Liberty - Political aspects - United States - History - 18th century Liberty - Social aspects - United States - History - 18th century Slavery - United States - History - 18th century |
ISBN |
1-282-35295-4
9786612352959 0-300-15569-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Prologue -- Chapter One. ''Slavery may truly be said to be the peculiar curse of this land'' -- Chapter Two. ''Those natural and inherent rights that we all feel, and know, as men'' -- Chapter Three. ''God will deliver his own People from Slavery'' -- Chapter Four. ''A plan, for instigating the slaves to insurrection'' -- Chapter Five. ''The Young King was about to alter the World, & set the Negroes Free'' -- Chapter Six. ''Dark, Hellish plots'' -- Chapter Seven. ''Justice is Satisfied!'' -- Epilogue -- Afterword -- Abbreviations Used in the Notes -- Notes -- A Note on Sources -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821100003321 |
Harris J. William <1946->
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Many thousands gone [[electronic resource] ] : the first two centuries of slavery in North America / / Ira Berlin |
Autore | Berlin Ira <1941-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, MA, : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1998 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 497 p. ) : ill., maps ; |
Disciplina | 306.3/62/097309032 |
Soggetto topico |
Slavery - United States - History - 17th century
Slavery - United States - History - 18th century African Americans - Social conditions - 17th century African Americans - Social conditions - 18th century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-674-02082-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458002903321 |
Berlin Ira <1941->
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Many thousands gone [[electronic resource] ] : the first two centuries of slavery in North America / / Ira Berlin |
Autore | Berlin Ira <1941-2018.> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, MA, : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1998 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 497 p. ) : ill., maps ; |
Disciplina | 306.3/62/097309032 |
Soggetto topico |
Slavery - United States - History - 17th century
Slavery - United States - History - 18th century African Americans - Social conditions - 17th century African Americans - Social conditions - 18th century |
ISBN | 0-674-02082-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Prologue: Making Slavery, Making Race -- I. SOCIETIES WITH SLAVES: The Charter Generations -- Introduction -- 1. Emergence of Atlantic Creoles in the Chesapeake -- 2. Expansion of Creole Society in the North -- 3. Divergent Paths in the Lowcountry -- 4. Devolution in the Lower Mississippi Valley -- II. SLAVE SOCIETIES: The Plantation Generations -- Introduction -- 5. The Tobacco Revolution in the Chesapeake -- 6. The Rice Revolution in the Lowcountry -- 7. Growth and the Transformation of Black Life in the North -- 8. Stagnation and Transformation in the Lower Mississippi Valley -- III. SLAVE AND FREE: The Revolutionary Generations -- Introduction -- 9. The Slow Death of Slavery in the North -- 10. The Union of African-American Society in the Upper South -- 11. Fragmentation in the Lower South -- 12. Slavery and Freedom in the Lower Mississippi Valley -- Epilogue: Making Race, Making Slavery -- Tables -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784622803321 |
Berlin Ira <1941-2018.>
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Many thousands gone : the first two centuries of slavery in North America / / Ira Berlin |
Autore | Berlin Ira <1941-2018.> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, MA, : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1998 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 497 p. ) : ill., maps ; |
Disciplina | 306.3/62/097309032 |
Soggetto topico |
Slavery - United States - History - 17th century
Slavery - United States - History - 18th century African Americans - Social conditions - 17th century African Americans - Social conditions - 18th century |
ISBN | 0-674-02082-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Prologue: Making Slavery, Making Race -- I. SOCIETIES WITH SLAVES: The Charter Generations -- Introduction -- 1. Emergence of Atlantic Creoles in the Chesapeake -- 2. Expansion of Creole Society in the North -- 3. Divergent Paths in the Lowcountry -- 4. Devolution in the Lower Mississippi Valley -- II. SLAVE SOCIETIES: The Plantation Generations -- Introduction -- 5. The Tobacco Revolution in the Chesapeake -- 6. The Rice Revolution in the Lowcountry -- 7. Growth and the Transformation of Black Life in the North -- 8. Stagnation and Transformation in the Lower Mississippi Valley -- III. SLAVE AND FREE: The Revolutionary Generations -- Introduction -- 9. The Slow Death of Slavery in the North -- 10. The Union of African-American Society in the Upper South -- 11. Fragmentation in the Lower South -- 12. Slavery and Freedom in the Lower Mississippi Valley -- Epilogue: Making Race, Making Slavery -- Tables -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996247900703316 |
Berlin Ira <1941-2018.>
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Many thousands gone : the first two centuries of slavery in North America / / Ira Berlin |
Autore | Berlin Ira <1941-2018.> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, MA, : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1998 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 497 p. ) : ill., maps ; |
Disciplina | 306.3/62/097309032 |
Soggetto topico |
Slavery - United States - History - 17th century
Slavery - United States - History - 18th century African Americans - Social conditions - 17th century African Americans - Social conditions - 18th century |
ISBN | 0-674-02082-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Prologue: Making Slavery, Making Race -- I. SOCIETIES WITH SLAVES: The Charter Generations -- Introduction -- 1. Emergence of Atlantic Creoles in the Chesapeake -- 2. Expansion of Creole Society in the North -- 3. Divergent Paths in the Lowcountry -- 4. Devolution in the Lower Mississippi Valley -- II. SLAVE SOCIETIES: The Plantation Generations -- Introduction -- 5. The Tobacco Revolution in the Chesapeake -- 6. The Rice Revolution in the Lowcountry -- 7. Growth and the Transformation of Black Life in the North -- 8. Stagnation and Transformation in the Lower Mississippi Valley -- III. SLAVE AND FREE: The Revolutionary Generations -- Introduction -- 9. The Slow Death of Slavery in the North -- 10. The Union of African-American Society in the Upper South -- 11. Fragmentation in the Lower South -- 12. Slavery and Freedom in the Lower Mississippi Valley -- Epilogue: Making Race, Making Slavery -- Tables -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822265903321 |
Berlin Ira <1941-2018.>
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