Epic Journeys of freedom : runaway slaves of the American Revolution and their global quest for liberty / Cassandra Pybus.
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TextPublisher: Boston : Beacon Press, [2006]Copyright date: ©2006Description: xxii, 281 pages : maps ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780807055151 (pbk.) :; 0807055158 (pbk.)Subject(s): 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 centuryDDC classification: 323.3/225/09033 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| Adult Book | Phillipsburg Free Public Library | Adult Non-Fiction | New Books | 323.3 PYB | Available | pap ed. | 36748002526913 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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.
Foreword / Ira Berlin -- 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.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Foreword (p. ix)
- Chapter 5 Starving in the Streets of London (p. 75)
- Chapter 6 Bound for Australia's Fatal Shore (p. 89)
- Chapter 7 Relief for London's Black Poor (p. 103)
- Part III
- Chapter 8 Recalcitrant Convicts in New South Wales (p. 123)
- Chapter 9 The Province of Freedom in Sierra Leone (p. 139)
- Chapter 10 At the End of the World in New South Wales (p. 157)
- Chapter 11 Promises Unfulfilled in Sierra Leone (p. 169)
- Chapter 12 In Bondage to This Tyrannous Crew (p. 183)
- Epilogue (p. 203)
- Prologue (p. xiii)
- Acknowledgments (p. 207)
- Appendix Biographies of Significant Black Refugees (p. 209)
- Notes (p. 221)
- Sources (p. 253)
- Index (p. 271)
- A Note on Sources (p. xix)
- Part I
- Chapter 1 Liberty or Death (p. 3)
- Chapter 2 Crossing over to Freedom's Shore (p. 21)
- Chapter 3 Marching to Catastrophe (p. 37)
- Chapter 4 Fleeing the Founding Fathers (p. 57)
- Part II