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An enthralling chronicle of the American nineteenth century told through the unravelling of the nation's first political dynasty

First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

In Death or Liberty, Douglas R. Egerton offers a sweeping chronicle of African American history stretching from Britain's 1763 victory in the Seven Years' War to the election of slaveholder Thomas Jefferson as president in 1800. While American slavery is usually identified with the cotton plantations, Egerton shows that on the eve of the Revolution it encompassed everything from wading in the South Carolina rice fields to carting goods aroun...

A panoramic history of African Americans in colonial America, ranging from the Seven Years' War to the election of Jefferson in 1800 .

A fresh and engaging look at a critical moment in US history, when, in 1860, Abraham Lincoln (not even the first choice in his own party), won the presidency with a record-low share of the popular vote.

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In this biography of the great rebel leader Denmark Vesey, Douglas R. Egerton employs a variety of historical sources--church records, court documents, travel accounts, and newspapers from America and Saint Domingue--to recreate the lost world of the mysterious Vesey. The revised edition is updated throughout, and includes a new section addressing the recent debate over the conspiracy of 1822.

Tells the dramatic story of what was perhaps the most extensive slave conspiracy in the history of the American South. Douglas Egerton illuminates the complex motivations that underlay two related Virginia slave revolts: the first, in 1800, led by the slave known as Gabriel, and the second, instigated in 1802 by one of his followers. By placing the revolts within the broader context of the volatile political currents of the day, Egerton challe...

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In Thunder at the Gates, Douglas R. Egerton offers a riveting new perspective on the Civil War as he chronicles the formation and battlefield triumphs of the 54th and 55th Massachusetts Infantry and the 5th Massachusetts Cavalry-regiments led by whites but composed of black men born free or into slavery.

Before the voyage of Columbus in 1492, the Atlantic Ocean stood as a barrier to contact between the people (and their ideas and institutions), plants, animals, and microbes of Eurasia and Africa on the one hand and the Americas on the other. This title combines the many strains of Atlantic history into a comprehensive narrative.