Epic Journeys of Freedom : Runaway Slaves of the American Revolution and Their Global Quest for Liberty

Name: Epic Journeys of Freedom : Runaway Slaves of the American Revolution and Their Global Quest for Liberty
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ISBN: 9780807055151

ISBN-10: 0807055158

ISBN-13: 9780807055151

Edition: 2007

Authors: Cassandra Pybus

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During the American Revolution, thousands of slaves fled from their masters to find freedom with the British. Having emancipated themselves--and with rhetoric about the inalienable rights of free men ringing in their ears--these men and women struggled tenaciously to make liberty a reality in their lives. This alternative narrative includes the stories of dozens of individuals--including Harry, one of George Washington's slaves--who left America and forged difficult new lives in far-flung corners of the British Empire. Written in the best tradition of history from the bottom up, this pathbreaking work will alter the way we think about the American Revolution. "Epic Journeys of Freedom is a…

Book details

Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication date: 2/15/2007
Binding: Perfect
Pages: 304
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Foreword



Prologue


A Note on Sources






Liberty or Death



Crossing over to Freedom's Shore



Marching to Catastrophe



Fleeing the Founding Fathers






Starving in the Streets of London



Bound for Australia's Fatal Shore



Relief for London's Black Poor






Recalcitrant Convicts in New South Wales



The Province of Freedom in Sierra Leone



At the End of the World in New South Wales



Promises Unfulfilled in Sierra Leone



In Bondage to This Tyrannous Crew


Epilogue


Acknowledgments



Biographies of Significant Black Refugees


Notes


Sources


Index