In this fresh look at liberty and freedom in the Revolutionary era from the perspective of black Americans, Woody Holton recounts the experiences of slaves who seized freedom by joining the British as well as those - slave and free - who served in Patriot military forces. Holton's introduction examines the conditions of black American life on the eve of colonial independence and the ways in which Revolutionary rhetoric about liberty provided African Americans with the language and inspiration for advancing their cause. Despite the rhetoric, however, most black Americans remained enslaved after…mehr
In this fresh look at liberty and freedom in the Revolutionary era from the perspective of black Americans, Woody Holton recounts the experiences of slaves who seized freedom by joining the British as well as those - slave and free - who served in Patriot military forces. Holton's introduction examines the conditions of black American life on the eve of colonial independence and the ways in which Revolutionary rhetoric about liberty provided African Americans with the language and inspiration for advancing their cause. Despite the rhetoric, however, most black Americans remained enslaved after the Revolution. The introduction outlines ways African Americans influenced the course of the Revolution and continued to be affected by its aftermath. Amplifying these themes are nearly forty documents that testify to the diverse goals and actions of African Americans during the Revolutionary era.
Foreword Preface PART ONE: Introduction Black Americans on the Eve of White Independence Black Americans and the Coming of the American Revolution African Americans in the Revolutionary War Challenging Slavery Revolutionary Legacies PART TWO: The Documents Chapter 1: Black Americans and the Coming of the American Revolution 1750–1775 1. Fugitive Slave Advertisements 1750–1774 2. Briton Hammon A Narrative of the Uncommon Sufferings and Surprising Deliverance of Briton Hammon A Negro Man 1760 3. James Otis The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved 1764 4. Landon Carter Plantation Diary March 22 1770 5. "Felix " Petition to Governor Council and House of Representatives of Massachusetts January 6 1773 6. Massachusetts African Americans Petition to Local Representatives April 20 1773 7. Patrick Henry Letter to Robert Pleasants January 18 1773 8. Phillis Wheatley Poems on Various Subjects Religious and Moral 1773 On the Death of the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield On Being Brought from Africa to America 9. Phillis Wheatley Letter to Samsom Occom February 11 1774 Chapter 2: African Americans in the Revolutionary War 1775–1783 10. Andrew Estave Letter in the Virginia Gazette July 20 1775 11. John Murray Lord Dunmore A Proclamation November 7 1775 12. Wartime Fugitive Slave Advertisements 1776–1782 13. Extract of a Letter from Monmouth County June 21 1780 14. Sergeant Murphy Steele Deposition Reporting a Supernatural Encounter August 16 1781 15. John Trumbull Battle of Bunker’s Hill 1786 16. Jacob Francis Revolutionary War Pension Application 1836 Chapter 3: Challenging Slavery 1776–1787 17. Thomas Jefferson Original Rough Draft of the Declaration of Independence 1776 18. New Hampshire Slaves Freedom Petition November 12 1779 19. Free Blacks in Dartmouth Massachusetts Petition against Taxation without Representation February 10 1780 20. William Cushing Charge to the Jury in the Case of Quok Walker 1783 21. Susan Sedgwick Elizabeth Freeman 1811 Chapter 4: Revolutionary Legacies 1785–1855 22. John Marrant Narrative July 18 1785 23. Citizens of Halifax County Virginia Petition Defending Slavery November 10 1785 24. Prince Hall and Other "African Blacks " Petition to the Massachusetts Legislature for Return to Africa January 4 1787 25. Free African Society Charter April 12 1787 26. Thomas Jefferson Notes on the State of Virginia 1788 27. Rose Fortune 1780s? 28. Benjamin Banneker and Thomas Jefferson Exchange of Letters August 19 and 30 1791 29. Saul Petition to the Virginia State Legislature October 9 1792 30. David George An Account of the Life of Mr. David George from Sierra Leone Africa Given by Himself 1793 31. Boston King Memoirs of the Life of Boston King A Black Preachers Written by Himself July 4 1796 32. Freemen from North Carolina Petition to Congress January 23 1797 33. Prosser’s Ben Mr. Price’s John and Ben Woolfolk Testimony against Gabriel October 6 1800 34. Raphaelle Peale Absalom Jones 1810 35. Paul Cuffee Memoir of Captain Paul Cuffee October 1811 36. William C. Nell Colored Patriots of the American Revolution 1855 APPENDIXES A Chronology of Black Americans in the Revolutionary Era Questions for Consideration Selected Bibliography Index
Foreword Preface PART ONE: Introduction Black Americans on the Eve of White Independence Black Americans and the Coming of the American Revolution African Americans in the Revolutionary War Challenging Slavery Revolutionary Legacies PART TWO: The Documents Chapter 1: Black Americans and the Coming of the American Revolution 1750–1775 1. Fugitive Slave Advertisements 1750–1774 2. Briton Hammon A Narrative of the Uncommon Sufferings and Surprising Deliverance of Briton Hammon A Negro Man 1760 3. James Otis The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved 1764 4. Landon Carter Plantation Diary March 22 1770 5. "Felix " Petition to Governor Council and House of Representatives of Massachusetts January 6 1773 6. Massachusetts African Americans Petition to Local Representatives April 20 1773 7. Patrick Henry Letter to Robert Pleasants January 18 1773 8. Phillis Wheatley Poems on Various Subjects Religious and Moral 1773 On the Death of the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield On Being Brought from Africa to America 9. Phillis Wheatley Letter to Samsom Occom February 11 1774 Chapter 2: African Americans in the Revolutionary War 1775–1783 10. Andrew Estave Letter in the Virginia Gazette July 20 1775 11. John Murray Lord Dunmore A Proclamation November 7 1775 12. Wartime Fugitive Slave Advertisements 1776–1782 13. Extract of a Letter from Monmouth County June 21 1780 14. Sergeant Murphy Steele Deposition Reporting a Supernatural Encounter August 16 1781 15. John Trumbull Battle of Bunker’s Hill 1786 16. Jacob Francis Revolutionary War Pension Application 1836 Chapter 3: Challenging Slavery 1776–1787 17. Thomas Jefferson Original Rough Draft of the Declaration of Independence 1776 18. New Hampshire Slaves Freedom Petition November 12 1779 19. Free Blacks in Dartmouth Massachusetts Petition against Taxation without Representation February 10 1780 20. William Cushing Charge to the Jury in the Case of Quok Walker 1783 21. Susan Sedgwick Elizabeth Freeman 1811 Chapter 4: Revolutionary Legacies 1785–1855 22. John Marrant Narrative July 18 1785 23. Citizens of Halifax County Virginia Petition Defending Slavery November 10 1785 24. Prince Hall and Other "African Blacks " Petition to the Massachusetts Legislature for Return to Africa January 4 1787 25. Free African Society Charter April 12 1787 26. Thomas Jefferson Notes on the State of Virginia 1788 27. Rose Fortune 1780s? 28. Benjamin Banneker and Thomas Jefferson Exchange of Letters August 19 and 30 1791 29. Saul Petition to the Virginia State Legislature October 9 1792 30. David George An Account of the Life of Mr. David George from Sierra Leone Africa Given by Himself 1793 31. Boston King Memoirs of the Life of Boston King A Black Preachers Written by Himself July 4 1796 32. Freemen from North Carolina Petition to Congress January 23 1797 33. Prosser’s Ben Mr. Price’s John and Ben Woolfolk Testimony against Gabriel October 6 1800 34. Raphaelle Peale Absalom Jones 1810 35. Paul Cuffee Memoir of Captain Paul Cuffee October 1811 36. William C. Nell Colored Patriots of the American Revolution 1855 APPENDIXES A Chronology of Black Americans in the Revolutionary Era Questions for Consideration Selected Bibliography Index
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