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A Maritime History of the American Revolutionary War

An Atlantic-Wide Conflict over Independence and Empire

by Theodore Corbett ...

A detailed look at the American Revolutionary War as an Atlantic-wide conflict.While many books have been written on the naval history of the Revolution, this is one of the first to treat it in its entirety as an Atlantic-wide conflict. While its geographical scope is vast, it features overlooked aspects of the war in which sloops and barges fought, actions which proved to be as decisive as the ... Read more

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A detailed look at the American Revolutionary War as an Atlantic-wide conflict.While many books have been written on the naval history of the Revolution, this is one of the first to treat it in its entirety as an Atlantic-wide conflict. While its geographical scope is vast, it features overlooked aspects of the war in which sloops and barges fought, actions which proved to be as decisive as the
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The Promise of Freedom for Slaves Escaping in British Ships

The Emancipation Revolution, 1740-1807

by Theodore Corbett ...

“A strength of the book is Corbett’s use of short biographic examples of free Blacks and abolitionists in each of the chapters to illustrate the chapter’s point. Finding more of these stories will serve to expand our understanding of the lived experiences of the people who escaped slavery during the American Revolution and their subsequent lives.” –The Northern MarinerAlthough Africans and African ... Read more

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“A strength of the book is Corbett’s use of short biographic examples of free Blacks and abolitionists in each of the chapters to illustrate the chapter’s point. Finding more of these stories will serve to expand our understanding of the lived experiences of the people who escaped slavery during the American Revolution and their subsequent lives.” –The Northern MarinerAlthough Africans and African
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St. Augustine Pirates and Privateers

by Theodore Corbett ...

Entrenched on Florida's Atlantic Coast since the sixteenth century, the Spanish presidio of St. Augustine was a prime target for piracy. For the colonial governors of Great Britain, France and Spain, privateering--and its rogue form, piracy--was a type of warfare used to enhance the limited resources of their colonies. While the citizens of St. Augustine were victims of this guerrilla war, they ... Read more

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Entrenched on Florida's Atlantic Coast since the sixteenth century, the Spanish presidio of St. Augustine was a prime target for piracy. For the colonial governors of Great Britain, France and Spain, privateering--and its rogue form, piracy--was a type of warfare used to enhance the limited resources of their colonies. While the citizens of St. Augustine were victims of this guerrilla war, they
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Revolutionary New Castle

The Struggle for Independence

by Theodore Corbett ...

Though New Castle did not see any battles during the American Revolution, it was the Delaware's Colonial capital, and at it was at the center of the rebellion in the state. Its village green, still present today, served as a venue for early forums where colonists aired their grievances with the British government. Though it was considered more radical and inclined towards rebellion than the rest ... Read more

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Though New Castle did not see any battles during the American Revolution, it was the Delaware's Colonial capital, and at it was at the center of the rebellion in the state. Its village green, still present today, served as a venue for early forums where colonists aired their grievances with the British government. Though it was considered more radical and inclined towards rebellion than the rest
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Revolutionary Chestertown

Loyalists and Rebels on Maryland's Eastern Shore

by Theodore Corbett ...

Calls for independence shook the wealthy gentry with their grand mansions in Chestertown and their patchwork of prosperous Kent County plantations and farms. It was in the interest of the upper echelons of Kent County society to remain loyal to the Crown. Yet the Revolutionary spirit did ignite, as Chestertown protested parliament's duty on tea and sent flour to aid the poor in the closed port of ... Read more

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Calls for independence shook the wealthy gentry with their grand mansions in Chestertown and their patchwork of prosperous Kent County plantations and farms. It was in the interest of the upper echelons of Kent County society to remain loyal to the Crown. Yet the Revolutionary spirit did ignite, as Chestertown protested parliament's duty on tea and sent flour to aid the poor in the closed port of
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No Turning Point

The Saratoga Campaign in Perspective

by Theodore Corbett ...

Series series Campaigns and Commanders Series
The Battle of Saratoga in 1777 ended with British general John Burgoyne’s troops surrendering to the American rebel army commanded by General Horatio Gates. Historians have long seen Burgoyne’s defeat as a turning point in the American Revolution because it convinced France to join the war on the side of the colonies, thus ensuring American victory. But that traditional view of Saratoga overlooks ... Read more

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The Battle of Saratoga in 1777 ended with British general John Burgoyne’s troops surrendering to the American rebel army commanded by General Horatio Gates. Historians have long seen Burgoyne’s defeat as a turning point in the American Revolution because it convinced France to join the war on the side of the colonies, thus ensuring American victory. But that traditional view of Saratoga overlooks
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The Men Who Lost America

British Leadership, the American Revolution and the Fate of the Empire

by Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy ...

Series series The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History
Questioning popular belief, a historian and re-examines what exactly led to the British Empire's loss of the American Revolution.The loss of America was an unexpected defeat for the powerful British Empire. Common wisdom has held that incompetent military commanders and political leaders in Britain must have been to blame, but were they? This intriguing book makes a different argument. Weaving ... Read more

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Questioning popular belief, a historian and re-examines what exactly led to the British Empire's loss of the American Revolution.The loss of America was an unexpected defeat for the powerful British Empire. Common wisdom has held that incompetent military commanders and political leaders in Britain must have been to blame, but were they? This intriguing book makes a different argument. Weaving
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The American Revolution

An Intimate History

by Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the award-winning historian and filmmakers of The Civil War, Baseball, Jazz, The Roosevelts, and others: a richly illustrated, human-centered history of America’s founding struggle—expanding on the landmark, six-part PBS series“From a small spark kindled in America, a flame has arisen not to be extinguished.” —Thomas PaineIn defeating the British Empire and giving ... Read more

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the award-winning historian and filmmakers of The Civil War, Baseball, Jazz, The Roosevelts, and others: a richly illustrated, human-centered history of America’s founding struggle—expanding on the landmark, six-part PBS series“From a small spark kindled in America, a flame has arisen not to be extinguished.” —Thomas PaineIn defeating the British Empire and giving
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Rebels at Sea

Privateering in the American Revolution

by Eric Jay Dolin ...

**Winner of the Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval LiteratureWinner of the Fraunces Tavern Museum Book AwardA Massachusetts Center for the Book "Must-Read"Finalist for the New England Society Book AwardFinalist for the Boston Authors Club Julia Ward Howe Book AwardSamuel Eliot Morison Book Award for Naval LiteratureNational Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) Excellence in ... Read more

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**Winner of the Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval LiteratureWinner of the Fraunces Tavern Museum Book AwardA Massachusetts Center for the Book "Must-Read"Finalist for the New England Society Book AwardFinalist for the Boston Authors Club Julia Ward Howe Book AwardSamuel Eliot Morison Book Award for Naval LiteratureNational Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) Excellence in
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Black Loyalists

Southern Settlers of Nova Scotia's First Free Black Communities

by Ruth Holmes Whithead ...

"Engaging and steeped in years of research . . . a must read for all who care about the intersection of Canadian, American, British, and African history." —Lawrence Hill, award-winning author of Someone Knows My NameIn an attempt to ruin the American economy during the Revolutionary War, the British government offered freedom to slaves who would desert their rebel masters. Many Black men and women ... Read more

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"Engaging and steeped in years of research . . . a must read for all who care about the intersection of Canadian, American, British, and African history." —Lawrence Hill, award-winning author of Someone Knows My NameIn an attempt to ruin the American economy during the Revolutionary War, the British government offered freedom to slaves who would desert their rebel masters. Many Black men and women
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Knights of the Sea

The True Story of the Boxer and the Enterprise and the War of 1812

by David Hanna ...

On a September day in 1813, as citizens watched from the rocky shore of Pemaquid, Maine, two of the last and bravest military sailing commanders engaged in a battle that would change the course of the War of 1812...Samuel Blyth was the youthful commander of His Britannic Majesty’s brig Boxer, and William Burrows, younger still, commanded the USS Enterprise. Both men valued honor above all, and on ... Read more

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On a September day in 1813, as citizens watched from the rocky shore of Pemaquid, Maine, two of the last and bravest military sailing commanders engaged in a battle that would change the course of the War of 1812...Samuel Blyth was the youthful commander of His Britannic Majesty’s brig Boxer, and William Burrows, younger still, commanded the USS Enterprise. Both men valued honor above all, and on
... Read more
Black Redcoats

The Corps of Colonial Marines, 1814–1816

by Matthew Taylor ...

Tells the story of the thousands of enslaved African Americans who fled to British forces during the war in what became the largest emancipation of enslaved Americans until the abolition of slavery in the United States. During the Anglo-American War of 1812, British forces launched hundreds of amphibious raids on the United States. The richest parts of the United States were slave-states, and ... Read more

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Tells the story of the thousands of enslaved African Americans who fled to British forces during the war in what became the largest emancipation of enslaved Americans until the abolition of slavery in the United States. During the Anglo-American War of 1812, British forces launched hundreds of amphibious raids on the United States. The richest parts of the United States were slave-states, and
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