Peter's war : a New England slave boy and the American Revolution /

Peter's war : a New England slave boy and the American Revolution / Joyce Lee Malcolm.

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A boy named Peter, born to a slave in Massachusetts in 1763, was sold nineteen months later to a childless white couple there. This bookrecounts the fascinating history of how the American Revolution came to Peter's small town, how he joined the revolutionary army at the age of twelve, and how...

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Main Author: Malcolm, Joyce Lee
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale Univ. Press, ©2009.
Subjects:
Peter, > 1763-1791 or 1792.
Enslaved children > Massachusetts > Lincoln > Biography.
African American boys > Massachusetts > Lincoln > Biography.
Farm life > Massachusetts > Lincoln > History > 18th century.
African American soldiers > Massachusetts > Biography.
Military participation > African American.
African American boys.
African American soldiers.
Enslaved children.
Farm life.
Manners and customs.
Race relations.
Lincoln (Mass.) > Social life and customs > 18th century.
Lincoln (Mass.) > Biography.
Massachusetts > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Participation, African American.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Participation, African American.
New England > Race relations > History > 18th century.
Massachusetts.
Massachusetts > Lincoln.
New England.
United States.
Biographies.
History.

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