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The Negro in the American Revolution (Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press) Paperback – November 25, 1996

by Benjamin Quarles (Author)
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Originally published in 1961, this classic work remains the most comprehensive history of the many and important roles played by African Americans during the American Revolution. With this book, Benjamin Quarles added a new dimension to the military history of the Revolution and addressed for the first time the diplomatic repercussions created by the British evacuation of African Americans at the close of the war. The compelling narrative brings the Revolution to life by portraying those tumultuous years as experienced by Americans at all levels of society.

In an introduction, Gary B. Nash traces the evolution of scholarship on African Americans in the American Revolution from its early roots with William C. Nell to this groundbreaking study. Quarles's work not only reshaped our thinking about the black revolutionary experience but also invigorated the study of black history as we know it today.

Thad W. Tate, in a foreword, pays tribute to the importance of this work and explains its continuing relevance.
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    Omohundro Institute and UNC Press
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    November 25, 1996
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    5.5 x 0.6 x 8.5 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0807846031
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Quarles sheds some light on a shadowy and esoteric corner of the history of the Revolution. . . . He has done impressive and thorough research.--American Historical Review

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Omohundro Institute and UNC Press; Reprint Edition (November 25, 1996)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 266 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0807846031
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.1 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.6 x 8.5 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Michael Sivapragasam
5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding!
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Benjamin Quarles' in-depth study of the black soldiers who fought in the American War of Independence is still the best in-depth study of this period. He dealt with soldiers on both sides, but pointed out that Britain's curious decision to grant freedom to slaves who fought for the British ensured that more black soldiers fought on the side of the Loyalists, which is a little-known fact in the teaching of history today. Crispus Attuck was an exception rather than the norm.
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Cheryl Ann Willen
4.0 out of 5 stars Complete,but dry.
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This was incredibly well researched and it shows. It seems to be as comets an overview of blacks that could be possible. Certainly a must for anyone interested in the revolution. It is at times a very dry regurgitation of facts. Too often those facts do not really take the reader anywhere.
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Robert I. Williams
5.0 out of 5 stars Very informative material
Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2013
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This book really gave me some great perspective. This was information here that I had not found here that I had not found in the other books I read on this subject.
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