The Counter-Revolution of 1776: Slave Resistance and the Origins of the United States of America

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The Counter-Revolution of 1776: Slave Resistance and the Origins of the United States of America

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 Illuminates how the preservation of slavery was a motivating factor for the Revolutionary War The successful 1776 revolt against British rule in North America has been hailed almost universally as a great step forward for humanity.  But the Africans then living in the colonies overwhelmingly sided with the British.  In this trailblazing book, Gerald Horne shows that in the prelude to 1776, the abolition of slavery seemed all but inevitable in London, delighting Africans as much as it outraged slaveholders, and sparking the colonial revolt. Prior to 1776, anti-slave...

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1479806897, 9781479806898

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