The Boston Massacre : a family history

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The Boston Massacre : a family history

Title remainder

a family history

Statement of responsibility

Serena Zabin

Creator

• Zabin, Serena R

Author

• Zabin, Serena R

Subject

• Boston Massacre, 1770
• Families of military personnel -- North America -- History -- 18th century
• Great Britain, Army | Regiment of Foot, 29th -- History
• Military dependents -- Great Britain -- History
• Army spouses -- North America -- History -- 18th century
• United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Causes
• United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Social aspects
• United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Women
• United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- British forces
• Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783

Language

eng

Summary

• "A dramatic untold 'people's history' of the storied event that helped trigger the American Revolution"--
• The story of the Boston Massacre--when on a late winter evening in 1770, British soldiers shot five local men to death--is familiar to generations. But from the very beginning, many accounts have obscured a fascinating truth: the Massacre arose from conflicts that were as personal as they were political. Professor Serena Zabin draws on original sources and lively stories to follow British troops as they are dispatched from Ireland to Boston in 1768 to subdue the increasingly rebellious colonists. And she reveals a forgotten world hidden in plain sight: the many regimental wives and children who accompanied these armies. We see these families jostling with Bostonians for living space, finding common cause in the search for a lost child, trading barbs and and sharing baptisms. Becoming, in other words, neighbors. When soldiers shot unarmed citizens in the street, it was these intensely human, now broken bonds that fueled what quickly became a bitterly fought American Revolution

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Provided by publisher

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

973.3/113

Illustrations

• illustrations
• plates

Index

index present

LC call number

E215.4

LC item number

.Z33 2020

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography