Title:
The internal enemy : slavery and war in Virginia, 1772-1832
Author:
Taylor, Alan, 1955- author.
ISBN:
9780393073713 (hardcover) :
0393073718 (hardcover)
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
xiii, 605 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Contents:
Revolution -- Night and day -- Blood -- Warships -- Invasion -- Lessons -- Plantation -- Flight -- Fight -- Crisis -- Agents -- Fire bell -- Appendix A. Corotoman slave families, 1814 -- Appendix B. Numbers.
Abstract:
Drawn from new sources, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian presents a gripping narrative that recreates the events that inspired hundreds of slaves to pressure British admirals into becoming liberators by using their intimate knowledge of the countryside to transform the war.
