p. 3
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This is a book about the role of slavery and the slave trade in the events leading up to 4 July 1776 in igniting the rebellion that led to the founding of the United States of America. ... It is a story that does not see the founding of the U.S.A. as inevitable—or even a positive development: for Africans (or indigenes) most particularly.
— Gerald Horne
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Source: Wikiquote: "Gerald Horne" (Quotes, The Counter-Revolution of 1776 (2014): The Counter-Revolution of 1776: Slave Resistance and the Origins of the United States of America (New York University Press: 2014))
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About Gerald Horne
Gerald Horne (b. 1949) is an African-American marxist and historian who currently holds the John J. and Rebecca Moores Chair of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston.
About Gerald Horne
Gerald Horne (b. 1949) is an African-American marxist and historian who currently holds the John J. and Rebecca Moores Chair of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston.
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