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“The first large-scale revolt in the North American colonies took place in New York in 1712. In New York, slaves were 10 percent of the population, the highest proportion in the northern states, where economic conditions usually did not require large numbers of field slaves.”
― A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present
― A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present
“Free white workers were better off than slaves or servants, but they still resented unfair treatment by the wealthier classes.”
― A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present
― A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present
“Slavery existed in the African states, and it was sometimes used by Europeans to justify their own slave trade. But, as Davidson points out, the “slaves” of Africa were more like the serfs of Europe—in other words, like most of the population of Europe.”
― A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present
― A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present
“From time to time, whites were involved in the slave resistance. As early as 1663, indentured white servants and black slaves in Gloucester County, Virginia, formed a conspiracy to rebel and gain their freedom.”
― A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present
― A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present
“Revolutionary America may have been a middle-class society, happier and more prosperous than any other in its time, but it contained a large and growing number of fairly poor people, and many of them did much of the actual fighting and suffering between 1775 and 1783: A very old story.”
― A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present
― A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present
Scott Wilson’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Scott Wilson’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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