Black Stars of Colonial Times and the Revolutionary War: African Americans Who Lived Their Dreams PDF
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BLACK✦ STARS OF COLONIAL AND REVOLUTIONARY TIMES BLACK✦ STARS OF COLONIAL AND REVOLUTIONARY TIMES ✦ written by JIM HASKINS CLINTON COX BRENDA WILKINSON JIM HASKINS, GENERAL EDITOR John Wiley & Sons, Inc. This book is printed on acid-free paper. Copyright © 2002 by Jim Haskins. All rights reserved Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey Published simultaneously in Canada Design and production by Navta Associates, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or trans- mitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, record- ing, scanning, or otherwise, except as permitted under Section 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, (978) 750- 8400, fax (978) 750-4470, or on the web at www.copyright.com. Requests to the Publisher for permission should be addressed to the Permissions Department, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030, (201) 748-6011, fax (201) 748-6008, email: C O N T E N T S Acknowledgments, vii Introduction, 1 Estevanico, 3 Anthony Johnson, 9 Crispus Attucks, 13 Benjamin Banneker, 18 Marie-Thérèse Metoyer, 24 Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, 29 Private Peter Salem, 35 Private Austin Dabney, 39 Phillis Wheatley, 42 Private Lemuel Haynes, 49 Paul Cuffe, 54 Richard Allen, 59 James Forten, 65 Deborah Sampson, 69 Dr. James Derham, 74 Pierre Toussaint, 79 “Free Frank” McWorter, 83 Catherine (Katy) Ferguson, 89 Daniel Coker, 93 Chronology, 99 Notes, 101 Bibliography, 103 Picture Credits, 105 Author Credits, 107 Index, 109 v A C K N O W L E D G M E N T S Thanks to Kathy Benson for her help. vii BLACK✦ STARS OF COLONIAL AND REVOLUTIONARY TIMES
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