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The Forgotten Fifth

The Forgotten Fifth

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In this follow-up to his bold history of the period, THE UNKNOWN AMERICAN REVOLUTION, Gary B. Nash, in three lectures, reminds readers that African Americans represented one-fifth of the population in the colonies, and corrects what he calls the "historical amnesia" regarding the role they played. Ideas about freedom that circulated in the colonies did not go unheard by African Americans, many of whom, says Nash, left their farms to fight in the British cause. He also argues that the founding fathers had an opportunity to take a decisive stance ending slavery at the time, as there was a growing abolitionist sentiment; their failure to do so allowed white supremacist views to take hold, resulting, in the next century, in the bloody and costly Civil War. Nash makes history come alive as he rewrites the standard narrative, and he underscores what he said in the subtitle of his previous book--that history is "unruly" and that the effort to create democracy in Americas truly was a struggle.

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The Forgotten Fifth

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In this follow-up to his bold history of the period, THE UNKNOWN AMERICAN REVOLUTION, Gary B. Nash, in three lectures, reminds readers that African Americans represented one-fifth of the population in the colonies, and corrects what he calls the "historical amnesia" regarding the role they played. Ideas about freedom that circulated in the colonies did not go unheard by African Americans, many of whom, says Nash, left their farms to fight in the British cause. He also argues that the founding fathers had an opportunity to take a decisive stance ending slavery at the time, as there was a growing abolitionist sentiment; their failure to do so allowed white supremacist views to take hold, resulting, in the next century, in the bloody and costly Civil War. Nash makes history come alive as he rewrites the standard narrative, and he underscores what he said in the subtitle of his previous book--that history is "unruly" and that the effort to create democracy in Americas truly was a struggle.

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Author

Gary B. Nash

Format

Hardcover

ISBN

9780674021938

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$19.95

Publisher

Harvard Univ Pr

Publication Date

02/28/2006

Fiction/Non-Fiction

Non-Fiction

Release Status

In Print

Series

NATHAN I HUGGINS LECTURES

Language

English

Pages

235

Measurements

Weight: 0.84 Pounds

Height: 7.5 Inches

Length: 4.75 Inches

Thickness: 1 Inches


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