Friends of liberty : Thomas Jefferson, Tadeusz Kościuszko, and Agrippa Hull : a tale of three patriots, two revolutions, and a tragic betrayal of freedom in the new nation / Gary B. Nash and Graham Russell Gao Hodges.
By: Nash, Gary B.
Contributor(s): Hodges, Graham Russell.
Material type: BookPublisher: New York : Basic Books, c2008Description: vii, 328 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780465048144; 0465048145.Subject(s): 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 1794DDC classification: 973.3 Online resources: Table of contents only | Contributor biographical information | Publisher descriptionItem type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Books | Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences | Polacy na świecie | 305 N (Browse shelf) | Tylko w bibliotece | |
Books | The Marjanczyk Library of the Polish Cultural Foundation | E206.N36 2007 (Browse shelf) | Available |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-312) and index.
Starting a revolution -- Fighting for freedom -- Peace and war -- Struggles for liberty -- Long endings.
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.
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