The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832 Tapa blanda - 2014 - 1st Edición

New York: W. W. Norton, 2014. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 5x1x8. First printing. Light smudge on page ridge. 2014 Trade Paperback. 605 pp. "Frederick Douglass recalled that slaves living along Chesapeake Bay longingly viewed sailing ships as "freedom's swift-winged angels." In 1813 those angels appeared in the bay as British warships coming to punish the Americans for declaring war on the empire. Over many nights, hundreds of slaves paddled out to the warships seeking protection for their families from the ravages of slavery. The runaways pressured the British admirals into becoming liberators. As guides, pilots, sailors, and marines, the former slaves used their intimate knowledge of the countryside to transform the war. They enabled the British to escalate their onshore attacks and to capture and burn Washington, D.C. Tidewater masters had long dreaded their slaves as "an internal enemy." By mobilizing that enemy, the war ignited the deepest fears of… Leer más

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