Herrmann, Rachel B., <br/><br/>
No Useless Mouth :   Waging War and Fighting Hunger in the American Revolution /  
Rachel B. Herrmann. 
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<br/><br/>Introduction : why the fight against hunger mattered -- Power rising. Hunger, accommodation, and violence in colonial America -- Iroquois food diplomacy in the revolutionary North -- Cherokee and Creek victual warfare in the revolutionary South -- Power in flux. Black victual warriors and hunger creation -- Fighting hunger, fearing violence after the Revolutionary War -- Learning from food laws in Nova Scotia -- Power waning. Victual imperialism and U.S. Indian policy -- Black loyalist hunger prevention in Sierra Leone -- Conclusion : why native and black revolutionaries lost the fight. 
<br/><br/> Open Access 
<br/><br/> "Argues that Native American and formerly enslaved communities lost the fight against hunger because white officials in the United States, Nova Scotia, and Sierra Leone curtailed the abilities of men and women to fight hunger on their own terms"-- 
<br/><br/><br/>In English. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781501716126 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>HISTORY / Military / United States<br/>Indians of North America--Food.<br/>Indians.<br/>Food security.<br/>African Americans.<br/>HISTORY--Military--United States.<br/>Noirs americains--Alimentation--Histoire--18e siecle.<br/>Securite alimentaire--Histoire--Sierra Leone--18e siecle.<br/>Securite alimentaire--Histoire--Nouvelle-Écosse--18e siecle.<br/>Securite alimentaire--Histoire--États-Unis--18e siecle.<br/>African Americans--Food--History--18th century.<br/>Indians of North America--Food--History--18th century.<br/>Food security--History--Sierra Leone--18th century.<br/>Food security--History--Nova Scotia--18th century.<br/>Food security--History--United States--18th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States.<br/>Sierra Leone.<br/>Nova Scotia.<br/>Sierra Leone--Histoire--Jusqu'à 1896.<br/>États-Unis--Histoire--Noirs americains.--1775-1783 (Revolution)<br/>États-Unis--Histoire--Indiens d'Amerique.--1775-1783 (Revolution)<br/>Sierra Leone--History--To 1896.<br/>Nova Scotia--History--1763-1867.<br/>United States--History--African Americans.--Revolution, 1775-1783<br/>United States--History--Indians.--Revolution, 1775-1783
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>History.<br/>Electronic books.