Alexander Hamilton - America’s Most Abolitionist Founding Father and the Forgotten John Laurens
Alexander Hamilton - America’s Most Abolitionist Founding Father and the Forgotten John Laurens: Plan Based on Black Equality for the Formation of a Slave Army to Save America 1779 by Phillip Thomas Tucker
English | June 28, 2023 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0C9QHYV6C | 100 pages | EPUB | 0.70 Mb
English | June 28, 2023 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0C9QHYV6C | 100 pages | EPUB | 0.70 Mb
During a crucial period of the American Revolution when America was losing the war partly because of a severe manpower shortage, two young lieutenant colonels, Alexander Hamilton and John Laurens, on Washington's staff risked their careers by boldly advocating what was considered unimaginable at the time: the creation of an army of slaves who would fight for their own freedom and that of America. This was one of the most enlightened plans in America at the time and one that rested on the firm belief of black equality. Laurens and Hamilton demonstrated that they were two of America's leading abolitionists and among the most enlightened men of their generation.