This text tells the life story of Hunter; the general who operated on the vanguard of the advance towards emancipation and the enlistment of African American soldiers. It focuses on his race stance; his friendship with Lincoln; and his early advocacy of the hard war policies.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Who knew?By Phineas R. FiskeThis book details an essentially ignored aspect of the Revolution: The complete rejection by the Massachusetts colonists of British rule in 1774; almost two years before Independence was declared in Philadelphia; without a shot being fired.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. The First And ONLY Truly Revolutionary Stage of the So-Called American RevolutionBy Stacyvery well written study of a totally forgotten -- but amply documented -- stage of what we call the American "revolution" but which was mostly a war of independence and not "revolutionary" at all (at least; not in the traditional sense of that word). Yet Raphael's study of the actions of Western Massachusetts farmers in the second half of 1774 is convincing in its portrayal of a truly revolutionary movement that succeeded in ending both British colonial rule and the politics of deference accorded to the wealthy American-born minions and agents of British imperial rule in 95% of Massachusetts (excluding only the town of Boston that was ruled by Gen. Thomas Gage and his British troops) -- American-born minions who then re-asserted their power to a large degree after the war was over; leading inexorably to Shay's Rebellion in 1786/87 by those same Western Massachusetts farmers -- this time crushed by Boston's wealthy merchant class and its mercenary militia -- and thence to the counter-revolution we call the 1787 Constitutional Convention. This is heady stuff!1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. I can only conclude from the lack of general awareness of this is that the powers that be are afraid that the masses might get iBy Stan BeckmanTo read that the Revolution had begun much earlier and by mostly ordinary people came as an eye opener. I can only conclude from the lack of general awareness of this is that the powers that be are afraid that the masses might get ideas from this that they would not like to face.
