Foster, Frances Smith, Written By Herself: Literary Production by African American Women, 1746-1892, Indiana University Press, 1993.

This book contains literature written by African-
American women before the twentieth century. Many
students are unaware of the amount of this type of
literature.

Knollenberg, Bernhard, Growth of the American Revolution, The Free Press, 1975.

This thick book covers a relatively short period of
time in detail.

Neimeyer, Charles Patrick, America Goes to War: A Social History of the Continental Army, New York University Press, 1996.

Neimeyer examines the soldiers who made up the
Continental Army. This source has much about the
role of African Americans in the Revolutionary War.

Nott, Walt, "From 'Uncultivated Barbarian' to 'Poetical Genius': The Public Presence of Phillis Wheatley," in Melus, Vol. 18, No. 3, Fall 1993, p. 21.

Nott chronicles the development of Wheatley's reputation
in the years after her death.

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