The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832
By Alan Taylor
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By Alan Taylor
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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History
Finalist for the National Book Award
Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize
"Impressively researched and beautifully crafted…a brilliant account of slavery in Virginia during and after the Revolution." —Mark M. Smith, Wall Street Journal
Frederick Douglass recalled that slaves living along Chesapeake Bay longingly viewed sailing ships as "freedom’s swift-winged angels." In 1813 those angels appeared in the bay as British warships coming to punish...






















