Black Patriots and Loyalists: Fighting for Emancipation in the War for Independence

by Alan Gilbert

Book Overview

We commonly think of the American Revolution as simply the war for independence from British colonial rule. But, of course, that independence actually applied to only a portion of the American population--African Americans would still be bound in slavery for nearly another century. Alan Gilbert asks us to rethink what we know about the Revolutionary War, to realize that while white Americans were fighting for their freedom, many black Americans were...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022610155X
• ISBN13: 9780226101552
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"