Counter revolution of 1776 book

Illuminates how the preservation of slavery was a motivating factor for the revolutionary war the. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. Slave resistance and the origins of the united states of america, finds that the creation of the republic was neither positive nor inevitable, especially for africans. In this trailblazing book, gerald horne shows that in the prelude to 1776, the.

I believe that he proves his thesis that what we call the american revolution was actually a counterrevolution, a move to protect slavery dressed up in pretty words like freedom. Introduction to the counterrevolution of 1776 the introduction to gerald hornes the counterrevolution of 1776. The counterrevolution of 1776 download the counterrevolution of 1776 pdf genial ebooks download the ebook the counterrevolution of 1776 in pdf or epub format and read it directly on your mobile phone, computer or any device. Gerald horne, your book, the counterrevolution of 1776, is a direct rebuttal of this, as you call, creation myth.

Gerald horne is moores professor of history and african american studies at the university of houston, and has published three dozen books including, the. Slave resistance and the origins of the united states of america and race. The counterrevolution of 1776 is a challenging contribution to the debate about the american revolution and a valuable addition to hornes previous book on african americanbritish alliances before the civil war. Well, with all due respect to president obama, i think that he represents, in those remarks you just cited, the consensus view. The counterrevolution of 1776 writers without money. The socalled revolutionary war, horne writes, was in part a counterrevolution, a conservative movement that the founding fathers fought in order to preserve their right to enslave others.

It was just past ten in the morning on 22 june 1772 in a london courtroom. As many as 20,000 slaves joined the redcoats in the revolution, and the author traces some of our lingering racism back to 1776. Nielsen book data summary illuminates how the preservation of slavery was a motivating factor for the revolutionary war the successful 1776 revolt against british rule in north america has been hailed almost universally as a great step forward for humanity. Last year, i read his book, the counterrevolution of 1776. Slave resistance and the origins of the united states of america. Loaded with plenty of extraordinary evidence to support his extraordinary claims, professor horne attempts to correct this deficit in the counterrevolution of 1776. Slave resistance and the origins of the united states of america is a fascinating attempt to reframe history, but its more of an essay than a book, a proposal to write a phd thesis more than the finished dissertation you would defend in font of a doctoral committee. Slave resistance and the origins of the united states of america gerald horne 363 pages. The book sheds entirely new light on the idea of freedom, which was won at the expense of the thousands of africans who yearned for liberty as much as any of the founding fathers did. While most histories of the founding of the united states tell an uplifting story, historian gerald hornes recent work, the counterrevolution of 1776. Hes a professor of history and african american studies at the university of houston. But the africans then residing in the colonies overwhelmingly sided with london.

In this trailblazing book, gerald horne shows that in the prelude to 1776, the abolition of slavery seemed all but inevitable in london, delighting africans as much. White supremacy and the japanese attack on the british empire. Read the counterrevolution of 1776 slave resistance and the origins of the united states of america by gerald horne available from rakuten kobo. Slave resistance and the origins of the united states of america puts slavery and the struggles of the enslaved to become free men and women at the very axis of the american independence narrative. His final chapter is the counterrevolution of 1776. The counterrevolution of 1776 brings us to a radical new understanding of the traditional heroic creation myth of the united states. In this trailblazing book, gerald horne complements his earlier celebratednegro comrades of the crown, by showing that in the prelude to 1776, the. Evaluating his claim is important because it is the foundation for a subtext that runs through the book denigrating the declaration of independence, both the document and the action.

Try searching on jstor for other items related to this book. Gerald horne talks about his two recently published books. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the counterrevolution of 1776. Supporting his thesis with a copious amount of historical documentation, he presents a thoroughly convincing case and turns the conventional view of the united states birth story completely on its head. Gerald hornes new book the counterrevolution of 1776. Horne also examines the ever harsher laws passed by timorous whites against slaves who disobeyed or revoltedmoves which, as the author shows, only intensified slave anger and resistance. Slave resistance and the origins of the united states of america gerald horne. Gerald horne presents the counterrevolution of 1776. Most importantly, it is a history that accounts for the fact that so many advances of democracy in the united states have been at the expense of africans and their descendants, people brought in chains to the shores of the united states. Horne is a marxist historian who has written extensively on the relationship of reds and blacks in u. Download the counterrevolution of 1776 pdf genial ebooks.

It was published by nyu press and has a total of 363 pages in the book. The counterrevolution of 1776 successfully rebuts both arguments. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. For instance, john hancock was bostons largest slaveholderperhaps the real reason for his ostentatiously large signature on the declaration. They were not the rebellious flames of settlers chaffing under the yoke of a tyrannical monarchy. Read the fulltext online edition of the counterrevolution in pennsylvania, 17761790 1942. Gerald horne, professor of history and african american studies at the university of houston, was interviewed on democracy now. Pdf the counter revolution of 1776 download full pdf. The counterrevolution of 1776 and millions of other books are available for. For the revolution read terry boutons taming democracy and woody holtons forced founders. He recounts the growth of slavery in the caribbean and the slave revolts that were the natural consequences. A compelling premise, the counterrevolution of 1776 turns out to be less focused than one would expect, with the bulk of the book being about 17th century or early 18th century events instead of the lead up to the revolution. The counterrevolution of 1776 shows the centrality of slavery in colonial american life, north as well as south.

For it is the argument of this book that slavery permeated colonial. That is to say that, on the one hand, there is little doubt. History february 27, 2019 the counterrevolution of 1776. It helped me to make a lot of sense of why the american revolution always felt different to. Illuminates how the preservation of slavery was a mo. Gerald horne talks about his two books, the counterrevolution of 1776. Gerald horne is moores professor of history and african american studies at the university of houston, and has published three dozen books including, the counterrevolution of 1776. This is a sly book, beginning with its title, 1776. Slave resistance and the origins of the united states of america kindle edition by horne, gerald. Slave resistance and the origins of the united states of america and race to revolution. The counterrevolution of 1776 and the construction of.

At least thats the surprising argument that historian gerald horne makes in the counterrevolution of 1776. Slave resistance and the origins of the united states of america as well as race to revolution. The counterrevolution of 1776 museum of the american. Slave resistance and the origins of the united states of america and another new book, just out, race to.

In this trailblazing book, gerald horne shows that in the prelude to 1776, the abolition of slavery seemed all but inevitable in london, delighting. History professor gerald horne discusses the counterrevolution of 1776. First, it documents thoroughly that the key players in the 1776 udi were almost without exception major slaveholders or slave traders. But the africans then living in the colonies overwhelmingly sided with the british. Slave resistance and the origins of the usa and race war. The counterrevolution of 1776 ebook by gerald horne. What emerges from gerald hornes new book, counterrevolution, is a picture of courage, heroism and betrayal.

But the africans then living in the colonies overwhelmingly. To have a counterrevolution you must first have a revolution. The counterrevolution of 1776 is a challenging contribution to the debate about the american revolution and a valuable addition to hornes previous book on. And as i said, his most recent book is the counterrevolution of 1776. The counterrevolution of 1776 by gerald horne overdrive. The counterrevolution of 1776 and race to revolution. The successful 1776 revolt against british rule in north america has been hailed almost universally as a great step forward for humanity. The counterrevolution of 1776, slave resistance and the.