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HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM
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Smith, Gene A., 1963-
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African American soldiers -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Participation, African American.
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
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The slaves' gamble :...
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The slaves' gamble : choosing sides in the War of 1812 / Gene Allen Smith.
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Smith, Gene A., 1963-
New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Subjects
African American soldiers -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Participation, African American.
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
ISBN:
9780230342088 :
0230342086
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xiii, 257 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Edition:
1st ed.
Contents:
Black soldiers in North America : "Never of any use after they have carried arms" -- Fighting in the North, 1807-13, and on the seas : "Absolutely insensible to danger" -- The Florida patriot war of 1812 : "For freedom we want and will have" -- Terror in the Chesapeake, 1813-14 : "Negroes who were anxious to join us" -- Washington, Baltimore, and other targets : "Our enemy at home" -- War along the Southern coasts, 1814 : "That pride of distinction, which a soldier's pursuits so naturally inspire" -- Different places, same results, 1815 and after : "They were in every sense of the word free men".
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973.52089 Sm
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