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Black Patriots and Loyalists
Alan Gilbert
其他書名
Fighting for Emancipation in the War for Independence
出版University of Chicago Press, 2012-04-20
主題History / GeneralHistory / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black StudiesSocial Science / Slavery
ISBN02262930769780226293073
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=-c7-udZhrvgC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋"We commonly think of the American Revolution as simply the war for independence from British colonial rule. But, of course, that independence actually applied to only a portion of the American population - African Americans would still be bound in slavery for nearly another century. In Black Patriots and Loyalists, Alan Gilbert asks us to rethink what we know about the Revolutionary War, to realize that while white Americans were fighting for their freedom, black Americans were joining the British imperial forces to gain theirs. There were actually two wars being waged at once: a political revolution for independence from Britain and a social revolution for emancipation and equality.