No Useless Mouth
Herrmann, Rachel B.,
No Useless Mouth Waging War and Fighting Hunger in the American Revolution / Rachel B. Herrmann. - 1 online resource (1 online resource.) - Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : why the fight against hunger mattered -- Hunger, accommodation, and violence in colonial America -- Iroquois food diplomacy in the revolutionary North -- Cherokee and Creek victual warfare in the revolutionary South -- Black victual warriors and hunger creation -- Fighting hunger, fearing violence after the Revolutionary War -- Learning from restrictive food laws in Nova Scotia -- Victual imperialism and U.S. Indian policy -- Black loyalist hunger prevention in Sierra Leone -- Conclusion : why native and black revolutionaries lost the fight.
Open Access
"Argues that Native American and formerly enslaved communities lost the fight against hunger because white officials in the United States, Nova Scotia, and Sierra Leone curtailed the abilities of men and women to fight hunger on their own terms"--
9781501716133
African Americans--Food--History--18th century.
Indians of North America--Food--History--18th century.
Food security--History--Sierra Leone--18th century.
Food security--History--Nova Scotia--18th century.
Food security--History--United States--18th century.
Sierra Leone--History--To 1896.
Nova Scotia--History--1763-1867.
United States--History--African Americans.--Revolution, 1775-1783
United States--History--Indians.--Revolution, 1775-1783
Electronic books.
E269.I5
973.3
No Useless Mouth Waging War and Fighting Hunger in the American Revolution / Rachel B. Herrmann. - 1 online resource (1 online resource.) - Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : why the fight against hunger mattered -- Hunger, accommodation, and violence in colonial America -- Iroquois food diplomacy in the revolutionary North -- Cherokee and Creek victual warfare in the revolutionary South -- Black victual warriors and hunger creation -- Fighting hunger, fearing violence after the Revolutionary War -- Learning from restrictive food laws in Nova Scotia -- Victual imperialism and U.S. Indian policy -- Black loyalist hunger prevention in Sierra Leone -- Conclusion : why native and black revolutionaries lost the fight.
Open Access
"Argues that Native American and formerly enslaved communities lost the fight against hunger because white officials in the United States, Nova Scotia, and Sierra Leone curtailed the abilities of men and women to fight hunger on their own terms"--
9781501716133
African Americans--Food--History--18th century.
Indians of North America--Food--History--18th century.
Food security--History--Sierra Leone--18th century.
Food security--History--Nova Scotia--18th century.
Food security--History--United States--18th century.
Sierra Leone--History--To 1896.
Nova Scotia--History--1763-1867.
United States--History--African Americans.--Revolution, 1775-1783
United States--History--Indians.--Revolution, 1775-1783
Electronic books.
E269.I5
973.3