Rough crossings : Britain, the slaves and the American Revolution
Schama, Simon, 1945-2005
Book
Subject: This book examines how and why following the American Revolution many African American slaves held an allegiance to the British Crown and desired to be British in the wake of their liberty.
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Imprint:
London : BBC, 2005.
Collation:
448 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
0563487097 (hbk)
Dewey class:
973.31HI.1.02SCH
Local class:
HI.1.02/SCH
Language:
English
Subject:
Slavery -- United States -- History -- 18th centuryAntislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 18th centuryAbolitionists -- United StatesFugitive slaves -- United States -- History -- 18th centuryAfrican Americans -- Colonization -- Nova Scotia -- History -- 18th centuryAfrican Americans -- Colonization -- Sierra Leone -- History -- 18th centuryUnited States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- PropagandaUnited States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1786 -- African AmericansGreat Britain -- History -- 1760-1789
BRN:
118179