Epic journeys of freedom : runaway slaves of the American Revolution and their global quest for liberty

Epic journeys of freedom : runaway slaves of the American Revolution and their global quest for liberty / Cassandra Pybus.

During the American Revolution, thousands of slaves fled their masters to find freedom with the British. Having emancipated themselves--and with the 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 o...

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Main Author: Pybus, Cassandra
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Beacon Press, c2006.
Subjects:
Fugitive slaves > United States > History > 18th century.
Fugitive slaves > Australia > New South Wales > History > 18th century.
Fugitive slaves > Sierra Leone > History > 18th century.
Fugitive slaves > England > London > History > 18th century.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > African Americans.
New South Wales > History > 18th century.
Sierra Leone > History > To 1896.
London (England) > History > 18th century.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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