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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Choice Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Smith, Gene A., 1963-     Subjects     Soldiers, Black -- United States -- History -- 19th century.     United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Participation, Black.     United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Smith, Gene A., 1963-       by title:      The slaves' gamble :...       by call number:      973.52 S648s     Search the Web     Smith, Gene A., 1963-     Soldiers, Black -- United States -- History -- 19th century.     United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Participation, Black.     United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.       MARC Display

The slaves' gamble : choosing sides in the War of 1812 / Gene Allen Smith. by Smith, Gene A., 1963- Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. Call #: 973.52 S648s Subjects Soldiers, Black -- United States -- History -- 19th century.   United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Participation, Black.   United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century. ISBN:  9780230342088 0230342086 Edition:  1st ed. Description:  xiii, 257 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (p. [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". Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Alderney Gate Public Library Adult Black Nonfiction 973.52 S648s Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Alderney Gate Public Library Adult Black Nonfiction 973.52 S648s Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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