Friends of Liberty: Thomas Jefferson, Thaddeus Kosciuszko, and Agrippa Hull : A Tale of Three Patriots, Two Revolutions, and a Tragic Betrayal of Freedom in the New Nation - Rilegato

Nash, Gary B.; Hodges, Graham Russell

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ISBN 10: 0465048145 ISBN 13: 9780465048144

Casa editrice: Basic Books, 2008

Riassunto

Friends of Liberty tells the remarkable story of three men whose lives were braided together by issues of liberty and race that fueled revolutions across two continents. Thomas Jefferson wrote the founding documents of the United States. Thaddeus Kosciuszko was a hero of the American Revolution and later led a spectacular but failed uprising in Poland, his homeland. Agrippa Hull, a freeborn black New Englander, volunteered at eighteen to join the Continental Army. During the Revolution, Hull served Kosciuszko as an orderly, and the two became fast friends. Kosciuszko’s abhorrence of bondage shaped histhinking about the oppression in his own land. When Kosciuszko returned to America in the 1790s, bearing the wounds of his own failed revolution, he and Jefferson forged an intense friendship based on their shared dreams for the global expansion of human freedom. They sealed their bond with a blood compact whereby Jefferson would liberate his slaves upon Kosciuszko’s death. But Jefferson died without fulfilling the promise he had made to Kosciuszko-and to a fledgling nation founded on the principle of liberty and justice for all.

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L'autore:

Gary B. Nash is Professor of History at University of California, Los Angeles, and author of over a dozen books, including The Unknown American Revolution. Graham Russell Gao Hodges is Professor of History at Colgate University and the author of numerous books and articles, including Taxi! A Social History of the New York City Cabdriver.

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Book by Nash Gary Hodges Graham Russell Gao

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• Editore: Basic Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0465048145
• ISBN 13: 9780465048144
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 328