Author: Edward Countryman
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1442200286
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
"What to the slave is the Fourth of July?," asked Frederick Douglass in 1852. In Enjoy the Same Liberty, Edward Countryman addresses Douglass's question. He shows how the American Revolution began the world-wide destruction of slavery, how black Americans who seized their chances for freedom during the Revolution changed both themselves and their epoch, and how their heirs, including Douglass, pondered what the Revolution meant for them. Thanks in good part to black people, what began as colonial tax protests became something of far greater significance. But this book also shows how that same Revolution led to an immensely powerful slave society in the South, so strong that destroying it required the cataclysm of the Civil War.
Enjoy the Same Liberty
Author: Edward Countryman
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1442200286
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
"What to the slave is the Fourth of July?," asked Frederick Douglass in 1852. In Enjoy the Same Liberty, Edward Countryman addresses Douglass's question. He shows how the American Revolution began the world-wide destruction of slavery, how black Americans who seized their chances for freedom during the Revolution changed both themselves and their epoch, and how their heirs, including Douglass, pondered what the Revolution meant for them. Thanks in good part to black people, what began as colonial tax protests became something of far greater significance. But this book also shows how that same Revolution led to an immensely powerful slave society in the South, so strong that destroying it required the cataclysm of the Civil War.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1442200286
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
"What to the slave is the Fourth of July?," asked Frederick Douglass in 1852. In Enjoy the Same Liberty, Edward Countryman addresses Douglass's question. He shows how the American Revolution began the world-wide destruction of slavery, how black Americans who seized their chances for freedom during the Revolution changed both themselves and their epoch, and how their heirs, including Douglass, pondered what the Revolution meant for them. Thanks in good part to black people, what began as colonial tax protests became something of far greater significance. But this book also shows how that same Revolution led to an immensely powerful slave society in the South, so strong that destroying it required the cataclysm of the Civil War.
Enjoy the Same Liberty
Author: Edward Countryman
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN: 1442200294
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
In this cohesive narrative, Edward Countryman explores the American Revolution in the context of the African American experience, asking a question that blacks have raised since the Revolution: What does the revolutionary promise of freedom and democracy mean for African Americans? Countryman, a Bancroft Prize-winning historian, draws on extensive research and primary sources to help him answer this question. He emphasizes the agency of blacks and explores the immense task facing slaves who wanted freedom, as well as looking at the revolutionary nature of abolitionist sentiment. Countryman focuses on how slaves remembered the Revolution and used its rhetoric to help further their cause of freedom. Many contend that it is the American Revolution that defines us as Americans. Edward Countryman gives the reader the chance to explore this notion as it is reflected in the African American experience.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN: 1442200294
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
In this cohesive narrative, Edward Countryman explores the American Revolution in the context of the African American experience, asking a question that blacks have raised since the Revolution: What does the revolutionary promise of freedom and democracy mean for African Americans? Countryman, a Bancroft Prize-winning historian, draws on extensive research and primary sources to help him answer this question. He emphasizes the agency of blacks and explores the immense task facing slaves who wanted freedom, as well as looking at the revolutionary nature of abolitionist sentiment. Countryman focuses on how slaves remembered the Revolution and used its rhetoric to help further their cause of freedom. Many contend that it is the American Revolution that defines us as Americans. Edward Countryman gives the reader the chance to explore this notion as it is reflected in the African American experience.
Atlantic Reporter
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 956
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 956
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Manilha Consultations, 1762-[1764]
Author: East India Company
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Category : British
Languages : en
Pages : 58
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Category : British
Languages : en
Pages : 58
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Parliamentary Papers
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
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Category : Bills, Legislative
Languages : en
Pages : 420
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Category : Bills, Legislative
Languages : en
Pages : 420
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Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
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Languages : en
Pages : 448
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Languages : en
Pages : 448
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Commercial statistics, a digest of the productive resources [&c.] of all nations
Author: John Macgregor
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 1220
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Languages : en
Pages : 1220
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Commercial Statistics
Author: John Macgregor
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Category : Commercial law
Languages : en
Pages : 1222
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Category : Commercial law
Languages : en
Pages : 1222
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Commercial Tariffs and Regulations of the Several States of Europe and America Together with the Commercial Treaties Between England and Foreign Countries Presented to Both Houses of Parliament ...
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Languages : en
Pages : 186
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Languages : en
Pages : 186
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The Parliamentary Debates (official Report[s]) ...
Author: Great Britain. Parliament
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Languages : en
Pages : 712
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Languages : en
Pages : 712
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