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, JFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2000-01-01
Publisher(s): Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Summary
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.
Author Biography
Nancy L. Rhoden, whose Ph.D. is from Princeton University, teaches early American and English history at the University of Southern Indiana Ian K. Steele, whose Ph.D. is from the University of London, teaches British Atlantic and American colonial history at the University of Western Ontario
Table of Contents
| 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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