01699cam a2200289 i 4500 296026902 TxAuBib 20120515120000.0 110823s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2011035577 9780226293073 0226293076 eng rda TxAuBib rda Gilbert, Alan. Black patriots and loyalists [BOOK] : fighting for emancipation in the War for Independence / Alan Gilbert. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2012. xvi, 369 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction: fear, hope, and the two revolutions in America -- Lord Dunmore, black insurrection, and the independence movement in Virginia and South Carolina -- Emancipation and revolution: the conjunction of pragmatism and principle -- The Laurens family and emancipation -- Black fighters for freedom: patriot recruitment and the two revolutions -- Black fighters for freedom: British recruitment and the two revolutions -- Black fighters in the two revolutions -- Honor in defeat -- Postwar black emigrations: the search for freedom and self-government -- Democratic internationalism and the seeds of freedom. 20120515. Antislavery movements United States History 18th century. African American soldiers United States History 18th century. United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Participation, African American.