The forgotten fifth :: African Americans in the age of revolution /
As the United States gained independence, a full fifth of the country's population was African American. The experiences of these men and women have been largely ignored in the accounts of the colonies' glorious quest for freedom. In this compact volume, Gary B. Nash reorients our understa...
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| Zusammenfassung: | As the United States gained independence, a full fifth of the country's population was African American. The experiences of these men and women have been largely ignored in the accounts of the colonies' glorious quest for freedom. In this compact volume, Gary B. Nash reorients our understanding of early America, and reveals the perilous choices of the founding fathers that shaped the nation's future. Nash tells of revolutionary fervor arousing a struggle for freedom that spiraled into the largest slave rebellion in American history, as blacks fled servitude to fight for the British, who promised freedom in exchange for military service. The Revolutionary Army never matched the British offer, and most histories of the period have ignored this remarkable story. The conventional wisdom says that abolition was impossible in the fragile new republic. Nash, however, argues that an unusual convergence of factors immediately after the war created a unique opportunity to dismantle slavery. The founding fathers' failure to commit to freedom led to the waning of abolitionism just as it had reached its peak. In the opening decades of the nineteenth century, as Nash demonstrates, their decision enabled the ideology of white supremacy to take root, and with it the beginnings of an irreparable national fissure. The moral failure of the Revolution was paid for in the 1860s with the lives of the 600,000 Americans killed in the Civil War. The Forgotten Fifth is a powerful story of the nation's multiple, and painful, paths to freedom. |
| Beschreibung: | Based on the Nathan I. Huggins lectures given at the Du Bois Institute, Harvard University on Nov. 8-10, 2004. |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (ix, 235 pages) : illustrations |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780674041349 0674041348 |
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| spelling | Nash, Gary B., author. The forgotten fifth : African Americans in the age of revolution / Gary B. Nash. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2006. 1 online resource (ix, 235 pages) : illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Nathan I. Huggins lectures Based on the Nathan I. Huggins lectures given at the Du Bois Institute, Harvard University on Nov. 8-10, 2004. Includes bibliographical references and index. The black Americans' revolution -- Could slavery have been abolished? -- Race and citizenship in the early republic. Online resource; title from digital title page (JSTOR, viewed June 8, 2021) Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL English. As the United States gained independence, a full fifth of the country's population was African American. The experiences of these men and women have been largely ignored in the accounts of the colonies' glorious quest for freedom. In this compact volume, Gary B. Nash reorients our understanding of early America, and reveals the perilous choices of the founding fathers that shaped the nation's future. Nash tells of revolutionary fervor arousing a struggle for freedom that spiraled into the largest slave rebellion in American history, as blacks fled servitude to fight for the British, who promised freedom in exchange for military service. The Revolutionary Army never matched the British offer, and most histories of the period have ignored this remarkable story. The conventional wisdom says that abolition was impossible in the fragile new republic. Nash, however, argues that an unusual convergence of factors immediately after the war created a unique opportunity to dismantle slavery. The founding fathers' failure to commit to freedom led to the waning of abolitionism just as it had reached its peak. In the opening decades of the nineteenth century, as Nash demonstrates, their decision enabled the ideology of white supremacy to take root, and with it the beginnings of an irreparable national fissure. The moral failure of the Revolution was paid for in the 1860s with the lives of the 600,000 Americans killed in the Civil War. The Forgotten Fifth is a powerful story of the nation's multiple, and painful, paths to freedom. United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 African Americans Congresses. African Americans History To 1863 Congresses. Slavery United States History 18th century Congresses. United States Race relations History 18th century Congresses. United States Race relations History 19th century Congresses. Noirs américains Histoire Jusqu'à 1863 Congrès. Esclavage États-Unis Histoire 18e siècle Congrès. États-Unis Histoire 1775-1783 (Révolution) Noirs américains Congrès. États-Unis Relations raciales Histoire 18e siècle Congrès. États-Unis Relations raciales Histoire 19e siècle Congrès. SOCIAL SCIENCE Slavery. bisacsh HISTORY United States Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) bisacsh African Americans fast Race relations fast Slavery fast United States fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq Verenigde Staten. gtt American Revolution (United States : 1775-1783) fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vB989PWKg6VGKmH6MwK To 1899 fast Conference papers and proceedings fast History fast has work: The forgotten fifth (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCFtMqP76TWq8jhrvtj3Kgq https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Nash, Gary B. Forgotten fifth. Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2006 0674021932 9780674021938 (DLC) 2005052692 (OCoLC)61652682 Nathan I. Huggins lectures. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n00091689 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=282293 Volltext |
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