The forgotten fifth : African Americans in the age of revolution / Gary B. Nash.

By: Nash, Gary BMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Nathan I. Huggins lecturesPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2006Description: ix, 235 p. : ill. ; 19 cmISBN: 0674021932 (alk. paper)Subject(s): African Americans -- History -- To 1863 -- Congresses | Slavery -- United States -- History -- 18th century -- Congresses | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- African Americans -- Congresses | United States -- Race relations -- History -- 18th century -- Congresses | United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century -- CongressesDDC classification: 326.0973/09033 LOC classification: E269.N3 | N36 2006
Contents:
The black Americans' revolution -- Could slavery have been abolished? -- Race and citizenship in the early republic.
Summary: A narrative of African-Americans during the American Revolutionary period and their struggles for freedom as many fled slavery to fight for the British.
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Based on the Nathan I. Huggins lectures given at the Du Bois Institute, Harvard University on Nov. 8-10, 2004.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-217) and index.

The black Americans' revolution -- Could slavery have been abolished? -- Race and citizenship in the early republic.

A narrative of African-Americans during the American Revolutionary period and their struggles for freedom as many fled slavery to fight for the British.

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