The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832, Library Edition

from Stbalbach

American slavery is commonly profiled in the 1850-1860 period, near its end. Taylor in this account gives a different history of slavery in the Tidewater of Virginia and Maryland from the Revolutionary War to 1832. - as such it doesn't end with a satisfying day of freedom. Or does it? Leading up ...

from rivkat

Mostly an account of the ways in which whites feared enslaved Africans/African Americans while insisting that there was nothing to fear because of their inherent inferiority. The British, both during the Revolution and the War of 1912, used the promise of freedom to secure aid from local enslaved...

from rivkat

Mostly an account of the ways in which whites feared enslaved Africans/African Americans while insisting that there was nothing to fear because of their inherent inferiority. The British, both during the Revolution and the War of 1912, used the promise of freedom to secure aid from local enslaved...

from muddyboy

This is a very well written and researched book about slavery in Virginia between 1772 and 1832. The thesis is that during the American Revolution and the War of 1812 our country was fighting not just the British but also had a secondary war going on with the slave population.who were using the w...

from cohenja

With regard to the American Revolution and the War of 1812, many of us have internalized the lessons of elementary school: the aristocratic British were the bad guys, and the colonists fought for freedom. Author Alan Taylor has a far different perspective. For the enslaved African American popula...