Rough crossings: Britain, the slaves and the American Revolution
by Schama, Simon.
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BookPublisher: BBC 2005ISBN: 9780563487098; 0563487097.Classification number: 973.31 SCHSubject(s): Slavery -- United States -- History -- 18th century | Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 18th century | Abolitionists -- United States | Fugitive slaves -- United States -- History -- 18th century | African Americans -- Colonization -- Nova Scotia -- History -- 18th century | African Americans -- Colonization -- Sierra Leone -- History -- 18th century | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Propaganda | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1786 -- African Americans | Great Britain -- History -- 1760-1789Subject: Set against the backdrop of the American Revolution and its aftermath, 'Rough Crossings' is the gripping, astonishing epic of the struggle for freedom by tens of thousands of slaves who believed that their future as free men and women was bound up with staying British, not becoming American.
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| Book - Adult Hardback | Southport Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 973.31 SCH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 002396457X |
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| 973 SOP If only they didn't speak English : adventures in America - the most foreign land on Earth / | 973.099 WHI The American presidents: | 973.3 FER Independence: | 973.31 SCH Rough crossings: Britain, the slaves and the American Revolution | 973.314 JAS Liberty's exiles: | 973.525 HUG In pursuit of the Essex : | 973.56 MEA American Lion: |
Includes bibliographical references and index
Set against the backdrop of the American Revolution and its aftermath, 'Rough Crossings' is the gripping, astonishing epic of the struggle for freedom by tens of thousands of slaves who believed that their future as free men and women was bound up with staying British, not becoming American.
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