The Human Tradition in the American Revolution

, by Rhoden, Nancy L.; Steele, Ian K.; Aron, Stephen; Cashin, Edward J.; Grimsted, David; Hewitt, Gary L.; Hirsch, Alison Duncan; Hoffman, Phillip W.; Humphrey, Thomas J.; Jackson, Maurice; Leung, Michelle; McKenna, Katherine M. J.; Nash, Gary B.; Parmenter, J

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ISBN: 9780842027472 | 0842027475
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 1/1/2000

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This collection of 17 biographies provides a unique opportunity for the reader to go beyond the popular heroes of the American Revolution and discover the diverse populace that inhabited the colonies during this pivotal point in history.

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Introduction: The Revolutionary Players	p. xv
Anthony Benezet: America's Finest Eighteenth-Century Antislavery Advocate	p. 1
Lachlan McGillvray: Indian Trader on the Southern Colonial Frontier	p. 19
Eliza Lucas Pinckney: Vegetables and Virtue	p. 39
William Smith: Philadelphia Minister and Moderate	p. 61
William Prendergast and the Revolution in the Hudson River Valley: "Poor Men Were Always Oppressed by the Rich,"	p. 81
Ashley Bowen of Marblehead: Revolutionary Neutral	p. 99
Dragging Canoe (Tsi'yu-gunsi'ni): Chickamauga Cherokee Patriot	p. 117
Daniel Boone and the Struggle for Independence on the Revolutionary Frontier	p. 139
Philadelphia Quaker Elizabeth Drinker and Her Servant, Jane Boon: "Times Are Much Changed, and Maids Are Become Mistresses,"	p. 159
Mary Brant (Konwatsi'tsiaienni Degonwadonti): "Miss Molly," Feminist Role Model or Mohawk Princess?	p. 183
Arthur Lee of Virginia: The Forgotten Revolutionary	p. 203
Simon Girty: His War on the Frontier	p. 221
Absalom Jones and the African Church of Philadelphia: "To Arise out of the Dust,"	p. 241
Baroness Friederike von Riedesel: "Mrs. General,"	p. 267
Judith Sargent Murray: The American Revolution and the Rights of Women	p. 285
Phillis Wheatley: Speaking Liberty to the "Modern Egyptians,"	p. 307
Benjamin Gilbert and Jacob Nagle: Soldiers of the American Revolution	p. 329
Index	p. 351
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