Africans in America; Interview with Peter Wood, Professor of History, Duke University. 2 of 2 : Revolution
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Peter Wood is interviewed about William Dunbar, Equiano's observations of independence, the Stamp Act, song as a means of protest, the dynamics leading up to the Revolutiony War, Phillis Wheatley, Dunmore's Proclaimation, the Somerset case, 18th century hope for freedom and equality,The Declaration of Independence, the dream deferred, the evacuation of the British from New York and the former slaves stuck in the middle.