false 2612195 1 The tragic history of an African-American soldier, a Polish revolutionary, and a flawed statesman who betrayed a friend and failed a nation. <P> <I>Friends of Liberty</I> tells the remarkable story of three men whose lives were braided together by issues of liberty and race that fueled revolutions across two continents. Thomas Jefferson wrote the founding documents of the United States. Thaddeus Kosciuszko was a hero of the American Revolution and later led a spectacular but failed uprising in Poland, his homeland. Agrippa Hull, a freeborn black New Englander, volunteered at eighteen to join the Continental Army. <P> During the Revolution, Hull served Kosciuszko as an orderly, and the two became fast friends. Kosciuszko's abhorrence of bondage shaped his thinking about the oppression in his own land. When Kosciuszko returned to America in the 1790s, bearing the wounds of his own failed revolution, he and Jefferson forged an intense friendship based on their shared dreams for the global expansion of human freedom. They sealed their bond with a blood compact whereby Jefferson would liberate his slaves upon Kosciuszko's death. But Jefferson died without fulfilling the promise he had made to Kosciuszko--and to a fledgling nation founded on the principle of liberty and justice for all. 2636843 24 3 2008 Friends of Liberty: A Tale of Three Patriots, Two Revolutions, and the Betrayal that Divided a Nation: Thomas Jefferson, Thaddeus Kosciuszko, and Agrippa Hull total:5|5:2|4:1|3:2| 5 20 18 2 4 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Feb 16 10:33:11 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 16 10:38:47 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Apr 29 09:00:19 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 29 09:04:59 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Sep 06 02:18:18 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 02:18:18 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jul 06 03:25:51 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 03:25:51 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed May 06 10:37:03 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 10:37:03 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun May 03 09:02:50 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 09:02:50 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Feb 21 20:13:40 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 19:51:41 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 20:13:40 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jan 06 12:11:39 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 12:11:42 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jan 04 15:40:38 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 15:40:38 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Fri Dec 19 09:24:38 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 09:24:38 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Mon Nov 10 11:44:34 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 10 11:44:34 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Fri Aug 22 19:50:09 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 22 19:50:09 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun Aug 10 06:58:51 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 10 06:58:51 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Fri Aug 01 07:02:11 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 01 07:02:11 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Mon May 26 10:13:27 -0700 2008 Mon May 26 10:13:27 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Fri May 16 20:39:06 -0700 2008 Fri May 16 20:39:11 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Tue Apr 08 10:50:04 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 08 10:50:16 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Tue Jan 22 11:52:50 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 22 11:52:54 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2612195