audiobook First Fruits of Freedom: The Migration of Former Slaves and Their Search for Equality in Worcester; Massachusetts; 1862-1900 (The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture) by Janette Thomas Greenwood in History

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A newly revised version of a classic in American historyWhen The American Revolution was first published in 1985; it was praised as the first synthesis of the Revolutionary War to use the new social history. Edward Countryman offered a balanced view of how the Revolution was made by a variety of groups-ordinary farmers as well as lawyers; women as well as men; blacks as well as whites-who transformed the character of American life and culture. In this newly revised edition; Countryman stresses the painful destruction of British identity and the construction of a new American one. He expands his geographical scope of the Revolution to include areas west of the Alleghenies; Europe; and Africa; and he draws fresh links between the politics and culture of the independence period and the creation of a new and dynamic capitalist economy. This innovative interpretation of the American Revolution creates an even richer; more comprehensive portrait of a critical period in America's history.