| Description |
x, 342 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [283]-332) and index. |
| Contents |
The trials of William Lee: A life in the age of revolution -- Equiano's world: The British Atlantic Empire in 1763 -- Richard's cup: Slavery and the coming of the revolution -- The transformation of Colonel Tye: Black combatants and the war -- Quok Walker's suit: Emancipation in the North -- Absalom's "meritorious service" : Antislavery in the Upper South -- Captain Vesey's cargo: Continuity in Georgia and the Carolinas -- Mum Bett takes a name: The emergence of free Black communities -- Harry Washington's Atlantic crossings: The migrations of Black loyalists -- A suspicion only: Racism in the Early Republic -- Eli Whitney's cotton engine: Expansion and rebellion -- General Gabriel's flag: Unsuccessful coda to the revolution. |
| Summary |
Egerton (Gabriel's Rebellion) traverses the rise and the debatable inevitability of slavery in the United States between the end of the Seven Years' War (1763) and Jefferson's election (1800), arguing that the division of the Republic into free wage labor sections and proslavery regions did not have to happen that way. |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- African Americans.
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African Americans -- History -- 18th century.
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Slavery -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
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| ISBN |
9780195306699 hardcover alkaline paper |
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0195306694 hardcover alkaline paper |
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