Fugitive Slaves and the Unfinished American Revolution

Fugitive Slaves and the Unfinished American Revolution

EnglishPaperback / softback
Barker, Gordon S.
McFarland & Co Inc
EAN: 9780786469871
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This book posits that the American Revolution - waged to form a ""more perfect union"" - still raged long after the guns went silent. Eight major fugitive slave stories of the antebellum era are described and interpreted to demonstrate how fugitive slaves and their abolitionist allies embraced Patrick Henry's motto ""Give me Liberty or Give me Death"" and the principles enshrined in the Declaration of Independence. African Americans and white abolitionists seized upon these dramatic escapes and captures to exhort citizens to complete the Revolution by extending liberty to all Americans. Casting fugitive slaves and their slave revolt leaders as heroic figures, this book provides a broader interpretation of American Revolutionaries seeking freedom for themselves and their enslaved brethren.
EAN 9780786469871
ISBN 0786469870
Binding Paperback / softback
Publisher McFarland & Co Inc
Publication date May 30, 2013
Pages 232
Language English
Dimensions 226 x 150
Country United States
Authors Barker, Gordon S.
Illustrations 28 photographs