Water From the Rock - Black Resistance in a Revolutionary Age

Zusatztext "What were the feelings of the several hundred thousand blacks in the thirteen colonies at the time of the American Revolution? Some surprising answers emerge from this pioneering history." Informationen zum Autor Sylvia R. Frey Klappentext The era of the American Revolution was one of violent and unpredictable social! economic! and political change! and the dislocations of the period were most severely felt in the South. Sylvia Frey contends that the military struggle there involved a triangle--two sets of white belligerents and approximately 400!000 slaves. She reveals the dialectical relationships between slave resistance and Britain's Southern Strategy and between slave resistance and the white independence movement among Southerners! and shows how how these relationships transformed religion! law! and the economy during the postwar years. Zusammenfassung The era of the American Revolution was one of violent and unpredictable social, economic, and political change, and the dislocations of the period were most severely felt in the South. Sylvia Frey contends that the military struggle there involved a triangle--two sets of white belligerents and approximately 400,000 slaves. She reveals the dialectical relationships between slave resistance and Britain's Southern Strategy and between slave resistance and the white independence movement among Southerners, and shows how how these relationships transformed religion, law, and the economy during the postwar years.

Product details

• Authors: Sylvia Frey, Sylvia R. Frey, Frey Sylvia R.
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.1993
• EAN: 9780691006260
• ISBN: 978-0-691-00626-0
• No. of pages: 376
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Ethnic Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Terrorism, armed struggle, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, Revolutionary groups & movements, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Black & Asian Studies, C 1700 To C 1800, Revolutionary groups and movements, HISTORY / Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General