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161028s2017 okua b 001 0deng |
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$a2016038225 |
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$a9780806156354 |
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$a080615635X |
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$a(OCoLC)961923753 |
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$aE269.B53$bV36 2017 |
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$aVan Buskirk, Judith L.$eauthor. |
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$aStanding in their own light :$bAfrican American patriots in the American revolution /$cJudith L. Van Buskirk. |
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$aNorman :$bUniversity of Oklahoma Press,$c[2017] |
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Phys Descrpt |
300
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$axiv, 297 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm. |
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$atext$btxt$2rdacontent |
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$aCampaigns and commanders ;$vvolume 59 |
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504
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$aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 275-291) and index. |
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Note:Content |
505
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$aOn Jordan's stormy banks: Their world before the War -- A new world in uniform -- A bold experiment in Rhode Island -- The black regiment: John Laurens's "Excentric scheme" and Henry Laurens's dilemma -- On to the next battle: The Postwar world and the First Pension Act -- Another assault: A frowning world and the Second Pension act -- Conclusion: Claiming their due. |
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$aThe Revolutionary War encompassed at least two struggles: one for freedom from British rule, and another, quieter but no less significant fight for the liberty of African Americans, thousands of whom fought in the Continental Army. Because these veterans left few letters or diaries, their story has remained largely untold and the significance of their service largely unappreciated. Standing in Their Own Light restores these African American patriots to their rightful place in the historical struggle for independence and the end of racial oppression. Revolutionary era African Americans began their lives in a world that hardly questioned slavery; they finished their days in a world that increasingly contested the existence of the institution. Judith L. Van Buskirk traces this shift to the wartime experiences of African Americans. Mining firsthand sources that include black veterens' pension files, Van Buskirk examines how the struggle for independence moved from the battlefield to the courthouse - and how personal conflicts contributed to the larger struggle against slavery and legal inequality. Black veterans claimed an American identity based on their willing sacrifice on behalf of American independence. And abolitionists, citing the contributions of black soldiers, adopted the tactics and rhetoric of revolution, personal autonomy, and freedom. Van Buskirk deftly places her findings in the changing context of the time. She notes the varied conditions of slavery before the war, the different degrees of racial integration across the Continental Army, and the war's divergent effects on both northern and southern states. Her efforts retrieve black patriots' experiences from historical obscurity and reveal their importance in the fight for equal rights - even though it would take another war to end slavery in the United States. --From dust jacket. |
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$aUnited States$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783$xParticipation, African American. |
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651
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$aUnited States$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783$xAfrican Americans. |
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$aSlavery$zUnited States$xHistory$y18th century. |
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$aAfrican Americans$xHistory$yTo 1863. |
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650
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$aAfrican American soldiers$xHistory$y18th century. |
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$aCampaigns and commanders. |
