Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-282) and index.
Contents:
First Africans in the Chesapeake -- Slavery and the American Revolution -- Manumitters and would-be emancipators -- Early Black challenges to slavery -- A flickering candle -- We got this far by faith -- The two underground railroads -- Civil War and the destruction of slavery.
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