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Title The slaves' gamble : choosing sides in the War of 1812 / Gene Allen Smith.
Author Smith, Gene A., 1963-
Publication Info. New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Fourth Floor  973.52 SMI    Check Shelves
Edition First edition.
Description xiii, 257 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-249) and index.
Contents Black soldiers in North America : "Never of any use after they have carried arms" -- Fighting in the North, 1807-13, and on the seas : "Absolutely insensible to danger" -- The Florida patriot war of 1812 : "For freedom we want and will have" -- Terror in the Chesapeake, 1813-14 : "Negroes who were anxious to join us" -- Washington, Baltimore, and other targets : "Our enemy at home" -- War along the Southern coasts, 1814 : "That pride of distinction, which a soldier's pursuits so naturally inspire" -- Different places, same results, 1815 and after : "They were in every sense of the word free men".
Subject United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Participation, African American.
African American soldiers -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
ocls african american adult books
ISBN 9780230342088 : $27.00
0230342086
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