Friends of liberty
Subtitle: Thomas Jefferson, Tadeusz Kościuszko, and Agrippa Hull : a tale of three patriots, two revolutions, and a tragic betrayal of freedom in the new nation
By: Gary B. Nash and Graham Russell Gao Hodges.
Contributors: Hodges, Graham Russell, 1946-
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780465048144
Subjects: Jefferson, Thomas, -- 1743-1826; Kościuszko, Tadeusz, -- 1746-1817; Hull, Agrippa, -- 1759-1848; Slavery -- United States -- History -- 18th century; Liberty -- United States; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Biography; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Social aspects; United States -- History -- 1783-1815; Poland -- History -- Revolution of 1794
Genres: Biography.
Description: 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.--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-312) and index.
Table of contents: title: Starting a revolution; title: Fighting for freedom; title: Peace and war; title: Struggles for liberty; title: Long endings.