The Forgotten Fifth: African Americans in the Age of Revolution

The Forgotten Fifth: African Americans in the Age of Revolution Nash Gary B. Wydawca: Harvard University Press Data wydania: 2006 ISBN: 9780674021938 Liczba stron: 256 Format: 121 x 189 x 27 Rodzaj oprawy: Hardback Opis produktu: As the U.S. gained independence, a full fifth of the country s population was African American. In this compact volume, Nash reorients our understanding of early America, and reveals the perilous choices of the founding fathers that shaped the nation s future. Here is a powerful story of the nation s multiple, and painful, paths to freedom.