{"product_id":"divided-loyalty-uneven-paths-to-freedom-in-south-carolina-during-the-revolutionary-war","title":"PREORDER - Divided Loyalty: Uneven Paths to Freedom in South Carolina during the Revolutionary War","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW243695760 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003eAVAILABLE FOR PREORDER - ORDERS TO BE SHIPPED BY END OF NOVEMBER.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW243695760 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003eDivided Loyalty\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ereveals a Revolutionary War history too often left untold. Joseph McGill Jr. and Herb Frazier trace the experiences of Black patriots, Black loyalists, enslaved people seeking freedom, and Indigenous people navigating a conflict that divided South Carolina and reshaped a nation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW243695760 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003eDrawing on archival research, historic battlefields, descendants’ stories, and McGill’s travels with the Slave Dwelling Project, the authors show that the Revolution’s promise of liberty did not reach everyone equally. Some found freedom. Others remained enslaved or were re-enslaved. Native nations faced choices of their own as the Catawba, Cherokee, and others weighed alliances, survival, and the future of their lands.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW243695760 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003eCentered on the people conventional Revolutionary histories have too often overlooked,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003eDivided Loyalty\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eoffers a fuller and more complicated story of how American independence was won—and who was still waiting for freedom when the fighting ended.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"Paragraph SCXW243695760 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003eABOUT THE AUTHORS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW243695760 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHerb Frazier\u003c\/strong\u003e is a senior editor for the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003eCharleston City Paper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand the former public relations director at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens in Charleston. Named “Journalist of the Year” in 1990 by the South Carolina Press Association, Frazier has edited and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003ereported for\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efive daily newspapers throughout his career, including his hometown paper,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003eThe Post and Courier\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW243695760 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003eHe is the author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003eBehind God’s Back: Gullah Memories\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand co-author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003eWe Are Charleston: Tragedy and Triumph at Mother Emanuel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewith Marjory Wentworth and Dr. Bernard Powers Jr. Frazier is also co-author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003eSleeping with the Ancestors: How I Followed the Footprints of Slavery\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e, written in collaboration with Joseph McGill Jr., founder of the Slave Dwelling Project.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW243695760 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003eFrazier’s forthcoming book,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003eCrossing the Sea on a Sacred Song\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e,\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of a West African funeral song and its ties to a Georgia family and a Mende woman in Sierra Leone.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW243695760 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoseph McGill Jr. \u003c\/strong\u003eis a public historian, preservationist, author, and founder and executive director of the Slave Dwelling Project, a nationally recognized nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving extant slave dwellings and centering the stories of the people who were enslaved in them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW243695760 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003eSince founding the Slave Dwelling Project in 2010, McGill has spent hundreds of nights in former slave dwellings across the United States. Through overnight stays, living-history programs, public conversations, and educational initiatives, he challenges traditional interpretations of American history and brings together descendants, historians, preservationists, educators, students, and communities at the places where slavery occurred.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW243695760 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003eA veteran of the United States Air Force, McGill previously served as a ranger with the National Park Service and as a field officer with the National Trust for Historic Preservation. He is also a longtime Civil War reenactor whose interpretation of the United States Colored Troops has helped illuminate the experiences and contributions of African American soldiers during the Civil War.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW243695760 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003eMcGill is the coauthor, with journalist Herb Frazier, of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003eSleeping with the Ancestors: How I Followed the Footprints of Slavery\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e, which chronicles his journey sleeping in slave dwellings and his efforts to ensure that these endangered spaces—and the people whose lives they represent—are not erased from the American landscape.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW243695760 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003eHis preservation and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003epublic-history\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ework\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003ehas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etaken him to historic sites and communities throughout the country and has been featured by national and international media, including PBS, NPR, and the Smithsonian Channel. Through the Slave Dwelling Project, McGill continues to advocate for a more complete telling of American history—one that recognizes the lives, labor, families, resistance, resilience, and humanity of enslaved people as central to the American story.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW243695760 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003eAt the heart of McGill’s work is a simple conviction: the places where enslaved people lived matter, and preserving those places creates opportunities to tell stories that generations of Americans were never taught.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW243695760 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003eThrough preservation, education, living history, and conversation, Joseph McGill Jr. continues his mission of changing the narrative—one slave dwelling at a time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW243695760 BCX0\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Evening Post Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44220397682766,"sku":null,"price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/3067\/2206\/files\/Covers_on_Gray_-_Shopify_4.png?v=1791226288","url":"https:\/\/www.eveningpostbooks.com\/products\/divided-loyalty-uneven-paths-to-freedom-in-south-carolina-during-the-revolutionary-war","provider":"Evening Post Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}