No useless mouth waging war and fighting hunger in the American Revolution Herrmann, Rachel B. creator author. JSTOR (Organization) text bibliography Electronic books. History. nyu 2019 2019 monographic eng remote 1 online resource (viii, 298 pages) : illustrations, maps "Argues that Native American and formerly enslaved communities lost the fight against hunger because white officials in the United States, Nova Scotia, and Sierra Leone curtailed the abilities of men and women to fight hunger on their own terms"-- Introduction : why the fight against hunger mattered -- Power rising. Hunger, accommodation, and violence in colonial America -- Iroquois food diplomacy in the revolutionary North -- Cherokee and Creek victual warfare in the revolutionary South -- Power in flux. Black victual warriors and hunger creation -- Fighting hunger, fearing violence after the Revolutionary War -- Learning from food laws in Nova Scotia -- Power waning. Victual imperialism and U.S. Indian policy -- Black loyalist hunger prevention in Sierra Leone -- Conclusion : why native and black revolutionaries lost the fight. Rachel B. Herrmann. Includes bibliographical references and index. In English. n-us--- n-cn-ns f-sl--- United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Indians United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 African Americans Food security United States History 18th century Food security Nova Scotia History 18th century Food security Sierra Leone History 18th century Indians of North America Food History 18th century African Americans Food History 18th century Nova Scotia History 1763-1867 Sierra Leone History To 1896 États-Unis Histoire 1775-1783 (Révolution) Indiens d'Amérique États-Unis Histoire 1775-1783 (Révolution) Noirs américains Sécurité alimentaire États-Unis Histoire 18e siècle Sécurité alimentaire Nouvelle-Écosse Histoire 18e siècle Sécurité alimentaire Sierra Leone Histoire 18e siècle Noirs américains Alimentation Histoire 18e siècle Sierra Leone Histoire Jusqu'à 1896 HISTORY Military United States African Americans Food security Indians Indians of North America Food Nova Scotia Sierra Leone United States HISTORY / Military / United States American Revolution (United States : 1775-1783) fast (OCoLC)fst01351668 To 1896 fast E269.I5 H47 2019eb 973.3 No useless mouth Herrmann, Rachel B. Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, 2019 (DLC) 2018060505 (OCoLC)1079855087 9781501716133 1501716131 9781501716126 1501716123 9781501716119 2019001071 22573/ctv30wfc3q JSTOR https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.ctv310vjvh DLC 190109 20230103223512.6 in00004635602 eng