TY - BOOK AU - Nash,Gary B. AU - Hodges,Graham Russell TI - Friends of liberty: Thomas Jefferson, Tadeusz Kościuszko, and Agrippa Hull : a tale of three patriots, two revolutions, and a tragic betrayal of freedom in the new nation SN - 9780465048144 AV - E206 .N36 2008 U1 - 973.3 22 PY - 2008/// CY - New York PB - Basic Books KW - Jefferson, Thomas, KW - Kościuszko, Tadeusz, KW - Hull, Agrippa, KW - Slavery KW - United States KW - History KW - 18th century KW - Liberty KW - Revolution, 1775-1783 KW - Biography KW - Social aspects KW - 1783-1815 KW - Poland KW - Revolution of 1794 N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-312) and index; Starting a revolution -- Fighting for freedom -- Peace and war -- Struggles for liberty -- Long endings N2 - Friends of Liberty tells the remarkable story of three men whose lives were braided together by issues of liberty and race that fueled revolutions across two continents. Thomas Jefferson wrote the founding documents of the United States. Thaddeus Kosciuszko was a hero of the American Revolution and later led a spectacular but failed uprising in Poland, his homeland. Agrippa Hull, a freeborn black New Englander, volunteered at eighteen to join the Continental Army.--From publisher description UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip084/2007045151.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0834/2007045151-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0834/2007045151-d.html ER -