| Negro in the American Revolution Revised Edition Contributor(s): Quarles, Benjamin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807846031 ISBN-13: 9780807846032 Publisher: Omohundro Institute and Unc Press OUR PRICE: $40.38 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1996 Annotation: Originally published by UNC Press in 1961, this classic work remains the most comprehensive history of the many and important roles played by African-Americans during the American Revolution. With this book, Benjamin Quarles added a new dimension to the military history of the Revolution and addressed for the first time the diplomatic repercussions created by the British evacuation of African Americans at the close of the war. The compelling narrative brings the Revolution to life by portraying how those tumultuous years were experienced by Americans at all levels of society. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies |
| Dewey: 973.315 |
| LCCN: 96021111 |
| Series: Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American Histo |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 5.59" W x 8.52" (0.82 lbs) 266 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Originally published in 1961, this classic work remains the most comprehensive history of the many and important roles played by African Americans during the American Revolution. With this book, Benjamin Quarles added a new dimension to the military history of the Revolution and addressed for the first time the diplomatic repercussions created by the British evacuation of African Americans at the close of the war. The compelling narrative brings the Revolution to life by portraying those tumultuous years as experienced by Americans at all levels of society. In an introduction, Gary B. Nash traces the evolution of scholarship on African Americans in the American Revolution from its early roots with William C. Nell to this groundbreaking study. Quarles's work not only reshaped our thinking about the black revolutionary experience but also invigorated the study of black history as we know it today. Thad W. Tate, in a foreword, pays tribute to the importance of this work and explains its continuing relevance. |
Contributor Bio(s): Quarles, Benjamin: - Benjamin Quarles was professor of history at Morgan State University in Baltimore. His many authored or edited books include The Negro in the Civil War and Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. |