A perfect frenzy : a royal governor, his Black allies, and the crisis that spurred the American Revolution /

"From the nationally bestselling author of The Secret Token, the largely untold story of rebellion in Virginia that will forever change one's understanding of the American Revolution. As the American Revolution broke out in New England in the spring of 1775 dramatic events unfolded in Virg...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Lawler, Andrew (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2025.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Dunmore, John Murray, > Earl of, > 1732-1809. Great Britain. > Army. > Lord Dunmore's Ethiopian Regiment. Virginia > Politics and government > To 1775. African American loyalists > Virginia > Biography. Enslaved persons > Emancipation > Viginia > History > 18th century. Slavery > Virginia > History > 18th century. Great Bridge, Battle of, Great Bridge, Va., 1775. United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783. Virginia > History > Revolution, 1775-1783. Governors general > Virginia > Biography. Virginie > Politique et gouvernement > Jusqu'à 1775. États-Unis > Histoire > 1775-1783 (Révolution) Virginie > Histoire > 1775-1783 (Révolution) HISTORY / United States / General.

Table of Contents:

A Kind of Friction
A Gentleman of Benevolence
A Notion Now Too Prevalent
The Mysterious War Dance
Twenty-Two Days for Nothing
Lord Feathers and the Big Knife
My Right Well-Beloved Cousin
The Smoldering Spirit of Revolt
Virginia's Rubicon
Black as an Ethiop
Lieutenant Governor of Gosport
The First Law of Nature
Terror of Oyster Boats and Canoes
Burn the Scoundrels
A Most Disagreeable Step
A Conspicuous Light
Black Rascals
To Quicken All in Revolution
The Infernal Regions
Dunmore's Dunkirk
Palpitation at the Heart
Keep Up the Jig
A Feeling Bosom
Flaming Arguments
Ill-Judged Measures
Fatal Lethargy
Boiling Water
Tomahawk Them All
A State of Society
Misery, Distress, and Cruelty
Lands, Whores, and Dice
A Glaring Piece of Injustice.