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The world of Thomas Jeremiah :

0195387287

9780195387285

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The world of Thomas Jeremiah :

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Charles Town on the eve of the American Revolution /

William R. Ryan.

New York :

Oxford University Press,

2010.

xii, 268 pages :

illustrations, maps ;

25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-252) and index.

Introduction: A different port of entry -- White divisions (June 1774-March 1775) -- A great war coming (April 1775-June 1775) -- Under the color of law (July 1775-August 1775) -- Charles Town harbor (September 1775-October 1775) -- Low country/backcountry : the volatile geopolitics of revolutionary South Carolina (November 1775-December 1775) -- The greatest hope and the deepest fear (December 1775-January 1776) -- The masters were still in charge (January 1776-August 1776) -- Conclusion : simple spectators?

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This book profiles the port of Charles Town, South Carolina, during the two-year period leading up to the Declaration of Independence. It focuses on the hanging and burning of Thomas Jeremiah, a free black harbor pilot and firefighter accused by the patriot party of plotting a slave insurrection during the spring and summer of 1775. The author shows that the black majority of the South Carolina Low Country managed to assist the British in their invasion efforts, despite patriot attempts to frighten Afro-Carolinians into passivity and submission. Although Whigs attempted, through brutality and violence, to keep their slaves from participating in the conflict, Afro-Carolinians became actively involved in the struggle between colonists and the Crown as spies, messengers, navigators and marauders. The book shows that what was going on in this vital seaport during the mid-1770s has broader implications for the study of the Atlantic world, African American history, naval history, urban race relations, labor history, and the turbulent politics of America's move toward independence.

Jeremiah, Thomas,-1775.

Jeremiah, Thomas,-1775.

African Americans-- South Carolina-- Charleston, Biography.

African Americans.

Race relations.

Charleston (S.C.), History, Revolution, 1775-1783.

Charleston (S.C.), Race relations.

South Carolina, Charleston.

United States

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Ryan, William Randolph,1975-

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