Black Americans in the revolutionary era : a brief history with documents / Woody Holton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holton, Woody.

Contributor:

Samuel P. Orlando Fund.

Series:

Bedford series in history and culture

The Bedford series in history and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

African Americans.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--African Americans.

United States.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Sources.

United States--History--1783-1815--Sources.

African Americans--History--To 1863.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

xv, 160 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boston, MA : Bedford/St. Martin's, [2009]

Contents:

Part 1 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 2 The Documents

Chapter 1 Black Americans and the Coming of the American Revolution, 1750-1775

Fugitive Slave Advertisements, 1750-1774

A Narrative of the Uncommon Sufferings, and Surprising Deliverance, of Briton Hammon, A Negro Man, 1760 / Briton Hammon Hammon, Briton

The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved, 1764 / James Otis Otis, James

Plantation Diary, March 22, 1770 / Landon Carter Carter, Landon

Petition to Governor, Council, and House of Representatives of Massachusetts, January 6, 1773 / "Felix"

Massachusetts African Americans, Petition to Local Representatives, April 20, 1773

Letter to Robert Pleasants, January 18, 1773 / Patrick Henry Henry, Patrick

Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, 1773 / Phillis Wheatley Wheatley, Phillis

On the Death of the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield

On Being Brought from Africa to America

Letter to Samsom Occom, February 11, 1774 / Phillis Wheatley Wheatley, Phillis

Chapter 2 African Americans in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1783

Letter in the Virginia Gazette, July 20, 1775 / Andrew Estave Estave, Andrew

A Proclamation, November 7, 1775 / John Murray Murray, John, Lord Dunmore Dunmore, Lord

Wartime Fugitive Slave Advertisements, 1776-1782

Extract of a Letter from Monmouth County, June 21, 1780

Deposition Reporting a Supernatural Encounter, August 16, 1781 / Sergeant Murphy Steele Steele, Sergeant Murphy

Battle of Bunker's Hill, 1786 / John Trumbull Trumbull, John

Revolutionary War Pension Application, 1836 / Jacob Francis Francis, Jacob

Chapter 3 Challenging Slavery, 1776-1787

Original Rough Draft of the Declaration of Independence, 1776 / Thomas Jefferson Jefferson, Thomas

New Hampshire Slaves, Freedom Petition, November 12, 1779

Free Blacks in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, Petition against Taxation without Representation, February 10, 1780

Charge to the Jury in the Case of Quok Walker, 1783 / William Cushing Cushing, William

Elizabeth Freeman, 1811 / Susan Sedgwick Sedgwick, Susan

Chapter 4 Revolutionary Legacies, 1785-1855

Narrative, July 18, 1785 / John Marrant Marrant, John

Citizens of Halifax County, Virginia, Petition Defending Slavery, November 10, 1785

Prince Hall and Other "African Blacks," Petition to the Massachusetts Legislature for Return to Africa, January 4, 1787

Free African Society, Charter, April 12, 1787

Notes on the State of Virginia, 1788 / Thomas Jefferson Jefferson, Thomas

Rose Fortune, 1780s?

Exchange of Letters, August 19 and 30, 1791 / Benjamin Banneker Banneker, Benjamin, Thomas Jefferson Jefferson, Thomas

Petition to the Virginia State Legislature, October 9, 1792 / Saul

An Account of the Life of Mr. David George from Sierra Leone, Africa, Given by Himself, 1793 / David George George, David

Memoirs of the Life of Boston King, A Black Preachers, Written by Himself, July 4, 1796 / Boston King King, Boston

Freemen from North Carolina, Petition to Congress, January 23, 1797

Testimony against Gabriel, October 6, 1800 / Prossers Ben Ben, Prossers, Mr. Price's John John, Mr. Price's, Ben Woolfolk Woolfolk, Ben

Absalom Jones, 1810 / Raphaelle Peale Peale, Raphaelle

Memoir of Captain Paul Cuffee, October 1811 / Paul Cuffee Cuffee, Paul

Colored Patriots of the American Revolution, 1855 / William C. Nell Nell, William C..

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Samuel P. Orlando Fund.

ISBN:

9780312413590

0312413599

OCLC:

233936423