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Enjoy the Same Liberty

其他書名	Black Americans and the Revolutionary Era
出版	Rowman & Littlefield, 2012
主題	Biography & Autobiography / HistoricalHistory / GeneralHistory / United States / GeneralHistory / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)History / African American & BlackSocial Science / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies
ISBN	14422002869781442200289
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=xzUhC70KlgwC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋In this cohesive narrative, Edward Countryman explores the American Revolution in the context of the African American experience, asking a question that blacks have raised since the Revolution: What does the revolutionary promise of freedom and democracy mean for African Americans? Countryman, a Bancroft Prize-winning historian, draws on extensive research and primary sources to help him answer this question. He emphasizes the agency of blacks and explores the immense task facing slaves who wanted freedom, as well as looking at the revolutionary nature of abolitionist sentiment. Countryman focuses on how slaves remembered the Revolution and used its rhetoric to help further their cause of freedom.

Many contend that it is the American Revolution that defines us as Americans. Edward Countryman gives the reader the chance to explore this notion as it is reflected in the African American experience.