| The Black Presence in the Era of the American Revolution Revised Edition Contributor(s): Kaplan, Sidney (Author), Kaplan, Emma Nogrady (Author) |
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ISBN: 0870236636 ISBN-13: 9780870236631 Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 1989 Annotation: "A treasure store of information on African-American history". -- Maryland Historical Magazine |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Colonial Period (1600-1775) - History | Social History - History | African American |
| Dewey: 973.049 |
| LCCN: 88022111 |
| Lexile Measure: 1300 |
| Physical Information: 0.79" H x 6.91" W x 10.01" (1.18 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This carefully researched history details the military, political, economic, and cultural experience of black people during the era of the American Revolution. Beginning with Crispus Attucks, the first man killed in the Revolutionary action, the authors recount a series of fascinating personal histories. The text is highlighted by excerpts form letters, journals, newspaper articles, and other documents, as well as by poems, broadsides, and passages from magazines of the day. The book is a revised and expanded edition of the authors' classic catalog that accompanied a pioneering exhibition mounted in 1973 by the National Portrait Gallery. |