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Peter's war : a New England slave boy and the American Revolution / Joyce Lee Malcolm.
LIBRA F74.L7 M35 2009
Available from offsite location
- 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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