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Enjoy the Same Liberty: Black Americans and the Revolutionary Era
Enjoy the Same Liberty Black Americans and the Revolutionary Era Author:Edward Countryman Many contend that the American Revolution defines us as Americans. Edward Countryman explores exactly how that definition is reflected in 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 focuses on th... more »is theme and emphasizes the agency of blacks as he explores the immense task facing slaves who wanted freedom, as well as 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.« less