Sylvia R Frey: 2 books
by Sylvia R. Frey
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
In her investigation of the social history of the common British soldier in the era of the American Revolution, Sylvia Frey has extensively surveyed recruiting records, contemporary training manuals, statutes, and memoirs in an attempt to provide insight into the soldier's "life and mind."...
Come Shouting to Zion
African American Protestantism in the American South and British Caribbean to 1830
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2000
The conversion of African-born slaves and their descendants to Protestant Christianity marked one of the most important social and intellectual transformations in American history. Come Shouting to Zion is the first comprehensive exploration of the processes by which this remarkable transition occurred....