Pioneers in ProtestWithout being preachy or pedantic, Bennett warmly relates the conviction, the determination, the achievements-indeed-the heroism of 20 men and women who began the fight which ultimately led to the revolution taking place in America today. -Philadelphia Bulletin." |
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... colonial discontent , was a festering boil of boycotts , processions , and bonfires . An unruly crowd of black laborers , white artisans , seamen and mechanics virtually controlled Boston streets . Business was at a standstill . Stores ...
... colonial discontent , was a festering boil of boycotts , processions , and bonfires . An unruly crowd of black laborers , white artisans , seamen and mechanics virtually controlled Boston streets . Business was at a standstill . Stores ...
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... colonial patriots . Boston , at that time , was a center of the American slave trade . In one way or another , most men of substance benefited from the trade in men and the ancillary businesses that grew up around it . Most of the major ...
... colonial patriots . Boston , at that time , was a center of the American slave trade . In one way or another , most men of substance benefited from the trade in men and the ancillary businesses that grew up around it . Most of the major ...
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... colonial rebels who stood toe to toe with the colonial slavemasters , hacking , maiming , and burning . It was this tradition which prompted a lieutenant governor of Vir- ginia in 1730 to order white men to take their pistols to church ...
... colonial rebels who stood toe to toe with the colonial slavemasters , hacking , maiming , and burning . It was this tradition which prompted a lieutenant governor of Vir- ginia in 1730 to order white men to take their pistols to church ...
Contents
ROUSE THE DAWN Crispus Attucks | 3 |
THE STARGAZER Benjamin Banneker | 13 |
COLONIAL CATALYST Prince Hall | 29 |
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