| Edition |
First Globe Pequot paperback edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (71 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Connecticut bicentennial series ; IV.
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Connecticut bicentennial series ; 4.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Connecticut's Black Soldiers 1775-1783 -- Contents -- Introduction -- Blacks in Pre-Revolutionary Connecticut -- Connecticut's Black Soldiers in the Revolutionary War -- Connecticut's Blacks and the Loyalists -- The Black Veteran -- The Impact of the Revolution's Ideology -- Appendix -- Footnotes |
| Summary |
Black soldiers of the American Revolution? Not a credible statement in light of what most Americans have read about the Revolutionary War. We have heard of Casimir Pulaski the Pole, Marquis de Lafayette the Frenchman, and Baron von Steuben the German, but not black participants. Yet, close to 5,000 blacks did fight in the war against the British, and others served as laborers, spies, and guides. The absence in our general histories of their activities in this struggle lies with the misconception that the Afro-American has contributed little or nothing towards the creation of the United States a. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Connecticut.
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African Americans. |
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Connecticut. |
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United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Participation, African American.
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Connecticut -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General. |
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Military participation -- African American. |
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United States. |
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American Revolution (United States : 1775-1783) |
| Chronological Term |
1775-1783 |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: White, David O. Connecticut's Black Soldiers, 1775-1783. Blue Ridge Summit : Globe Pequot Press, ©2017 |
| ISBN |
9781493033065 (electronic book) |
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1493033069 (electronic book) |
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