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Even as American Patriots fought for independence from British rule during the Revolutionary War, oppressive conditions remained in place for the thousands of enslaved and free African Americans living in this country.
But African Americans took up their own fight for freedom by joining the British and American armies; preaching, speaking out, and writing about the evils of slavery; and establishing settlements in Nova Scotia and Africa.
The thirteen stories featured in this collection spotlight charismatic individuals who answered the cry for freedom, focusing on the choices they made and how they changed America both then and now.
These individuals include:
Boston King
Agrippa Hull
James Armistead Lafayette
Phillis Wheatley
Elizabeth “Mumbet” Freeman
Prince Hall
Mary Perth
Ona Judge
Sally Hemings
Paul Cuffe
John Kizell
Richard Allen
Jarena Lee
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