No useless mouth : waging war and fighting hunger in the American Revolution / Rachel B. Herrmann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Herrmann, Rachel B., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans.

Food.

History.

Indians of North America--Food.

Food security.

Indians.

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

United States.

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

Food security--United States--History--18th century.

Food security--Nova Scotia--History--18th century.

Food security--Sierra Leone--History--18th century.

Indians of North America--Food--History--18th century.

Indians of North America.

African Americans--Food--History--18th century.

Nova Scotia--History--1763-1867.

Nova Scotia.

Sierra Leone--History--To 1896.

Sierra Leone.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

viii, 298 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019.

Summary:

"Argues that Native American and formerly enslaved communities lost the fight against hunger because white officials in the United States, Nova Scotia, and Sierra Leone curtailed the abilities of men and women to fight hunger on their own terms"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : why the fight against hunger mattered

Hunger, accommodation, and violence in colonial America

Iroquois food diplomacy in the revolutionary North

Cherokee and Creek victual warfare in the revolutionary South

Black victual warriors and hunger creation

Fighting hunger, fearing violence after the Revolutionary War

Learning from restrictive food laws in Nova Scotia

Victual imperialism and U.S. Indian policy

Black loyalist hunger prevention in Sierra Leone

Conclusion : why native and black revolutionaries lost the fight.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Herrmann, Rachel B. No useless mouth.

ISBN:

9781501716119

1501716115

OCLC:

1079855087