Washington's Revolution
(Harry that is, not George)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12737752 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cassandra Pybus (Drexel University Elkins Park Campus, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 183-199 |
| Publication date | 2006-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Atlantic Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1478-8810 • E-ISSN: 1740-4649 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14788810600875414 |
| OpenAlex | W1549469096 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
As Harry Washington faced a British military tribunal in 1800, he not may have appreciated the irony that his escape from enslavement to the leader of the rebellion in colonial America led inexorably to his trial for rebellion in Sierra Leone. Where General Washington was subsequently reified as father of the United States, Harry Washington lost everything in his attempt to forge an independent community in West Africa. The contrast between these two Washingtons could not be greater, yet they share a commitment to the transforming ideals of liberty and self-determination, albeit one played out very differently for George Washington than for the African man he purchased in 1863
Art history · Colonialism · Ethnology · George (robot · Irony · Political science · Sierra leone · Tribunal · American Constitutional Law and Politics · History · Law · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |