The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772–1832 by Alan Taylor, Alan Taylor
The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772–1832
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Alan Taylor, Alan Taylor
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The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772–1832

Alan Taylor, Alan Taylor

624 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Frederick Douglass recalled that slaves living along Chesapeake Bay longingly viewed sailing ships as "freedom’s swift-winged angels." In 1813 those angels appeared in the bay as British warships coming to punish the Americans for declaring war on...

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