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Black Heroes of the American Revolution

Autor Burke Davis
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 1992
Crispus Attucks is known as the escaped slave whose freedom ended when he died in the Boston Massacre, but there are many other lesser-known black men and women who made enormous contributions to U.S. independence. Readers will discover Edward Hector, the brave wagoner of Brandywine; artilleryman and slave Austin Dabney; William Lee, the aide and closest companion of George Washington throughout the war; and many others.
     Includes a bibliography, a foreword by Senator Edward W. Brooke, and an index.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780152085612
ISBN-10: 0152085610
Pagini: 96
Ilustrații: Illustrated with prints and portraits of the period
Dimensiuni: 130 x 194 x 6 mm
Greutate: 0.1 kg
Ediția:First Edition
Editura: HarperCollins Publishers
Colecția Clarion Books
Locul publicării:United States

Recenzii

"In a very readable style, the author relates the stories of a few of the approximately 5,000 black soldiers who participated in the Revolution, emphasizing their unselfishness fighting a war from which few would substantially benefit."--School Library Journal

Notă biografică

BURKE DAVIS (1913-2006) was a historian and noted author associated with the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. He wrote more than thirty books, many about the colonial period in American history, and received many accolades.