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Book SynopsisBattles were fought in many colonies during the American Revolution, but New Jersey was home to more sustained and intense fighting over a longer period of time. The nine essays in
The American Revolution in New Jersey, depict the many challenges New Jersey residents faced at the intersection of the front lines and the home front.
Trade Review"By broadening the geographical and topical coverage of revolutionary New Jersey, this volume makes a substantial contribution to the field with chapters that should prove informative to general readers, students, and academic specialists ... Overall, the works assembled here indicate that New Jersey's revolutionary experience remains fertile ground for new inquiries." * New Jersey Studies *
"In the case of New Jersey during the Revolution, boundaries between social, economic, political, and military history were (and are) wholly artificial. Gigantino’s authors address different questions, but each convincingly demonstrates that the stories of the home and fighting fronts, in all their various facets, were part of the same narrative. Kudos to James Gigantino and his fellow essayists." * Journal of the Early Republic *
"There is still much we can learn about the Revolution in New Jersey and this volume is an important step toward that better understanding." -- Jonathan Mercantini * Kean University *
"Useful to scholars of New Jersey and may provide avenues for broader conversations about the Revolutionary War at home." * Pennsylvania History *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Part I A Revolutionary Experience
Chapter 1 A Disproportionate Burden on the Willing Chapter 2 “Most Boundless Avarice”: Illegal Trade in Revolutionary Essex Chapter 3 Blasting, Scraping, and Scavenging: Iron and Salt Production in Revolutionary New Jersey Chapter 4 A Nest of Tories: The American-versus-American Battle of Fort Lee, 1781 Chapter 5 Rochambeau in New Jersey: The Good French Ally Part II: The Impact of the Revolutionary Experience
Chapter 6 Destitute of Almost Everything to Support Life: The Acquisition and Loss of Wealth in Revolutionary Monmouth County, New Jersey Chapter 7 Discharging Their Duty: Salem Quakers and Slavery, 1730–1780 Chapter 8 Slavery, Abolition, and African Americans in New Jersey’s American Revolution Chapter 9 A Loyalist Homestead in a World Turned Upside Down Notes on Contributors Index
