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Author Malcolm, Joyce Lee.

Title Peter's war : a New England slave boy and the American Revolution / Joyce Lee Malcolm.

Publication Info. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2009]
©2009

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Location Call No. Status
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  973.34 MAL    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  B PETER    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  92 NELSON, PET    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  973.3 M29P    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  973.3 MA    Check Shelf
Description xi, 253 pages : illustrations, map, plan ; 25 cm
Note "A Caravan book"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-241) and index.
Summary This is the biography of Peter Nelson. Born into slavery and sold as a toddler to a childless white couple in Massachusetts, Peter joined the fight for American freedom at the age of twelve. His personal history illuminates race relations in New England, the coming of war to a small town, and the experiences of black soldiers as they fought on both sides in the Revolutionary War battles that followed. -- cover, p. [4].
Subject African American boys -- Massachusetts -- Lincoln -- Biography.
New England -- Race relations -- History -- 18th century.
Lincoln (Mass.) -- Social life and customs -- 18th century.
African American soldiers -- Massachusetts -- Biography.
Farm life -- Massachusetts -- Lincoln -- History -- 18th century.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Participation, African American.
Lincoln (Mass.) -- Biography.
Peter, 1763-1791 or 92.
Massachusetts -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Participation, African American.
Enslaved children -- Massachusetts -- Lincoln -- Biography.
ISBN 9780300119305 cloth alkaline paper
0300119305 cloth alkaline paper
9780300168068 paperback $20.00
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