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Death or liberty : African Americans and revolutionary America / Douglas R. Egerton.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Egerton, Douglas R.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Subjects:	United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > African Americans. African Americans > History > 18th century. Slavery > United States > History > 18th century.

Table of Contents:

Prologue. 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.