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286251 |
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121213s2013 nyuab b 001 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2012045726 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780230342088 |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
17561671 |
| 050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
E 359.9.A35 |
| Item number |
.Sm51 2013 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Smith, Gene A., |
| Dates associated with a name |
-1963 |
| 9 (RLIN) |
121526 |
| 245 #4 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The slaves' gamble : |
| Remainder of title |
choosing sides in the War of 1812 / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Gene Allen Smith. |
| 264 ## - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
New York, NY : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Palgrave Macmillan, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
2013 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xiii, 257 pages : |
| Other physical details |
illustrations, maps |
| Dimensions |
25 cm |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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| Content type term |
text |
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rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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unmediated |
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rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
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volume |
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rdacarrier |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-249) and index. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Black soldiers in North America: "Never of any use after they have carried arms" -- Fighting in the north 1807-13 and on the seas: "Absolutely insensible to danger" -- The Florida patriot war of 1812: "For freedom we want and will have" -- Terror in the Chesapeake, 1813-14: "Negroes who were anxious to join us" -- Washington, Baltimore, and other targets: "Our enemy at home" -- War along the southern coasts, 1814: "That pride of distinction, which a soldier's pursuits so naturally inspire" -- Different places, same results, 1815 and after: "They were in every sense of the word free men". |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
This book examines African American combatants during the War of 1812 as away to understand the evolution of American racial relations during the early nineteenth century. In many instances black participants - slaves and freemen-chose sides, and these choices ultimately defined their future. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
African American soldiers |
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108925 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
American Learning Resource |
