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Prologue

© 2021 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Illustrations viii
Prologue 1
NORFOLK
1. "Han't Got No Self" 9
2. "Horses and Men, Cattle and Women, Pigs and Children" 23
3. "The Silver Trump of Freedom" 39
BOSTON
4. "Cradle of Liberty"? 61
5. "A New Reign of Terror" 75
6. "Much Excitement Prevails" 91
7. "A Thing ... or a Man?" 110
8. "Plucked as a Brand from the Burning" 124
9. "Never Was a Darker Day" 134
10. North Star 151
MONTREAL
11. "Please to Remember Me Kindly" 169
12. A Home Far Away 184
13. "Free at Last! Free at Last!" 203
Epilogue 217
Militia Petition by Black Residents of Montreal 227
Notes 229
Acknowledgments 279
Index 283

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Illustrations viii
Prologue 1
NORFOLK
1. "Han't Got No Self" 9
2. "Horses and Men, Cattle and Women, Pigs and Children" 23
3. "The Silver Trump of Freedom" 39
BOSTON
4. "Cradle of Liberty"? 61
5. "A New Reign of Terror" 75
6. "Much Excitement Prevails" 91
7. "A Thing ... or a Man?" 110
8. "Plucked as a Brand from the Burning" 124
9. "Never Was a Darker Day" 134
10. North Star 151
MONTREAL
11. "Please to Remember Me Kindly" 169
12. A Home Far Away 184
13. "Free at Last! Free at Last!" 203
Epilogue 217
Militia Petition by Black Residents of Montreal 227
Notes 229
Acknowledgments 279
Index 283

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