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The Black Presence in the Era of the American Revolution
Sidney Kaplan & Emma Nogrady Kaplan
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This carefully researched history details the military, political, economic, and cultural experience of black people during the era of the American Revolution. Beginning with Crispus Attucks, the first man killed in the Revolutionary action, the authors recount a series of fascinating personal histories. The text is highlighted by excerpts form letters, journals, newspaper articles, and other documents, as well as by poems, broadsides, and passages from magazines of the day.
The book is a revised and expanded edition of the authors' classic catalog that accompanied a pioneering exhibition mounted in 1973 by the National Portrait Gallery.
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Title Page
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Copyright Page
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Table of Contents
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Foreword
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I. Homage to Liberty
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II. Preludes to the Declaration
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Aftermath of Attucks: Portraits in Petitions
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The Shot Heard Round the World: Lexington and Concord, Bunker Hill, and Great Bridge
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The Declaration of Independence
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III. Bearers of Arms: Patriot and Tory
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A Trio with the Generals: Wiliam Lee, James Armistead Lafayette, Agrippa Hull
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A Muster of Brave Soldiers and Sailors
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Three Black Units
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In the Service of the King
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IV. The Black Clergy
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Founders of the African Baptist Church: David George, George Leile, Andrew Bryan
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Founders of the African Methodist Church: Richard Allen, Absalom Jones, Peter Williams
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Three Black Ministers: John Marrant, John Chabis, Lemuel Haynes
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V. The Emergence of Gifts and Powers
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Benjamin Banneker
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Captain Paul Cuffe
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Jean Bapriste Point du Sable
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Dick Pointer: He Saved the Fort
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Dr. James Derham and Thomas Fuller
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Phillis Wheatley
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Jupter Hammon
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Wentworth Cheswill of Newmarket, New Hampshire
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Prince Hall: Organizer
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Olaudah Equiano: The Image of Africa
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The Burgeoning of Art and Craft
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VI. Against the Odds
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Lucy Terry Prince: Vermont Poet and Advocate
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Alice: Poineer of Philidelphia
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Belinda of Boston: “Marked with the Furrows of Time”
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Elizabeth Freeman and the Bill of Rights
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Felix Cuff: Massachusetts Maroon
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Primus Hall: Solider and Citizen
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Yarrow Mamout: Maryland Muslim
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Venture Smith: Colonial John Henry
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Moses Sash: “A Captain & One of Shaises Councill”
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Amos and Violate Fortune: First Citizens of New Hampshire
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Three Concord Blacks: John Jack, Brister Freeman, Casey Whitney
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VII. The Incomplete Revolution
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Index
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Published: 1989
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press