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New York: International Publishers, 1940. First edition (unstated). Paperback. Extremely mild rubbing to spine head and foot, extremely gently rubbed corners, extremely gentle rubbing to front-rear edge, else Near Fine(+).. Small brown octavo, 47 pages ; 20 cm. African Americans -- History -- 18th century. || This book provides a brief overview of the role that black americans (one fifth of the population at the time) played in the American Revolution in the 18th century. The author attempts to show the varied activites and the place that these people had the uprising as well as in that phase of black American history. || Contents: Pt. 1. The Growth in Anti-Slavery Feeling. Pt. 2. Efforts for Freedom. Special Precautions of the Slavocracy -- Flight -- Other Forms of Struggle -- Conspiracy, Rebellion -- Pt. 3. Service in the Armed Forces of the Revolution. The Navy -- The Army -- The Negros as Spies. || Herbert Aptheker (July 31, 1915 - March 17, 2003) was an American Marxist historian and political… Read More

New York: International Pub., 1949. soft covers, very good condition . New York: soft covers, very good condition 1949