Nell, William C., 1816-1874 The colored patriots of the American Revolution, with sketches of several distinguished colored persons: to which is added a brief survey of the condition and prospects of colored Americans.

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GLC06132
GLC#
GLC06132
Type
Books & pamphlets
Date
1855
Author/Creator
Nell, William C., 1816-1874
Title
The colored patriots of the American Revolution, with sketches of several distinguished colored persons: to which is added a brief survey of the condition and prospects of colored Americans.
Place Written
Boston, Massachusetts
Pagination
1 v. : 396 p. : ill. Height: 19.6 cm, Width: 12.8 cm
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson

Published by Robert F. Wallcut. Includes an introduction by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Contains descriptions of African Americans' meritorious military service. Includes a printed fold-out leaf opposite page 132, which consists of George Washington's discharge for a soldier named Brister Baker. The first illustration depicts Crispus Attucks, a runaway slave and a sailor who died 5 March 1770 in the Boston Massacre. A second section includes information on the state of African American Civil Rights at the time of publication. This work is a duplicate of GLC06176.

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