The Common Cause: Creating Race And Nation In The American Revolution (Published By The Omohundro Institute Of Early American History And Culture And The University Of North Carolina Press)

In this pathbreaking book, Robert Parkinson argues that to unify the patriot side, political and communications leaders linked British tyranny to colonial prejudices, stereotypes, and fears about insurrectionary slaves and violent Indians. Manipulating newspaper networks, Washington, Jefferson, Adams, Franklin, and their fellow agitators broadcast stories of British agents inciting African Americans and Indians to take up arms against the American rebellion. Using rhetoric like domestic insurrectionists" and "merciless savages," the founding fathers rallied the people around a common enemy and made racial prejudice a cornerstone of the new Republic"--

• | Author: Robert G. Parkinson
• | Publisher: Omohundro Institute And University Of North Carolina Press
• | Publication Date: Feb 01, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 768 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1469652188
• | ISBN-13: 9781469652184