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

The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832

Alan Taylor

624 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history race 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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