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Nash, Gary B.

The forgotten fifth : African Americans in the age of revolution / Gary B. Nash. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2006. - ix, 235 p. : ill. ; 19 cm. - Nathan I. Huggins lectures. .

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.

ISBN: 0674021932 (alk. paper)

LCCN: 2005052692

Subjects--Topical Terms:
African Americans--History--To 1863--Congresses.
Slavery--History--United States--18th century--Congresses.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--History--African Americans--Revolution, 1775-1783--Congresses.
United States--Race relations--History--18th century--Congresses.
United States--Race relations--History--19th century--Congresses.

LC Class. No.: E269.N3 / N36 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 326.0973/09033