Discussion of slave rebelliousness, African American religion, toryism among blacks, and blacks who fought for the patriots. Includes an appendix of North Carol
"First published in 1992, it traced the story of black North Carolinians from the colonial period into the 1990s. A revised edition issued in 2002 that included
In this cohesive narrative, Edward Countryman explores the American Revolution in the context of the African American experience, asking a question that blacks