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

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-270) and index

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contains biographical information

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Epic journeys of freedom

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

60419467

Responsibility statement

Cassandra Pybus

Sub title

runaway slaves of the American Revolution and their global quest for liberty

Summary

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 own lives

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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