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Peter's war : a New England slave boy and the American Revolution / Joyce Lee Malcolm.

LIBRA F74.L7 M35 2009
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Malcolm, Joyce Lee.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Peter, 1763-1791 or 1792.
Peter.
Enslaved children--Massachusetts--Lincoln--Biography.
Enslaved children.
African American boys--Massachusetts--Lincoln--Biography.
African American boys.
Farm life--Massachusetts--Lincoln--History--18th century.
Farm life.
Race relations.
History.
Lincoln (Mass.)--Social life and customs--18th century.
Lincoln (Mass.).
Lincoln (Mass.)--Biography.
African American soldiers--Massachusetts--Biography.
African American soldiers.
Massachusetts--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Participation, African American.
Massachusetts.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Participation, African American.
United States.
New England--Race relations--History--18th century.
New England.
Massachusetts--Lincoln.
Genre:
Biographies.
Physical Description:
xi, 253 pages : illustrations, map, plan ; 25 cm
Place of Publication:
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2009]
Contents:
Chapter 1 The Hardship Sale 1
Chapter 2 Growing Pains 11
Chapter 3 The Four Horsemen 25
Chapter 4 In the Crosshairs 41
Chapter 5 The Killing 58
Chapter 6 Answering the Call 74
Chapter 7 Another Call, Another Answer 87
Chapter 8 Home Fires and Campfires 95
Chapter 9 The Ethiopian Regiment 109
Chapter 10 A Motherless Child 118
Chapter 11 Getting Back, Getting Even 134
Chapter 12 The Year of Possibilities 144
Chapter 13 Trials and Tribulations 163
Chapter 14 An Eye for an Eye 175
Chapter 15 Free at Last 183
Chapter 16 The Winter Soldier 195
Chapter 17 Final Battles 211.
Notes:
"A Caravan book"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-241) and index.
ISBN:
9780300119305
0300119305
OCLC:
223870082

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