Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution Paperback - 2007
by Simon Schama
Tens of thousands of blacks in America at the start of the Revolutionary War escaped from farms, plantations, and cities to reach the British who offered the promise of emancipation in return for military service. Schama follows their odyssey through the war and into inhospitable Nova Scotia where thousands were betrayed.
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If you were black in America at the start of the Revolutionary War, which side would you want to win?
When the last British governor of Virginia declared that any rebel-owned slave who escaped and served the king would be emancipated, tens of thousands of slaves fled from farms, plantations, and cities to try to reach the British camp. A military strategy originally designed to break the plantations of the American South had unleashed one of the great exoduses in U.S. history. With powerfully vivid storytelling, Schama details the odyssey of the escaped blacks through the fires of war and the terror of potential recapture, shedding light on an extraordinary, little-known chapter in the dark saga of American slavery.
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- Title Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution
- Author Simon Schama
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 512
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Ecco Press, New York
- Date May 1, 2007
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780060539177 / 0060539178
- Weight 1.38 lbs (0.63 kg)
- Dimensions 8.58 x 5.6 x 1.32 in (21.79 x 14.22 x 3.35 cm)
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- Chronological Period: 18th Century
- Chronological Period: 21st Century
- Cultural Region: British
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Topical: Black History
- Dewey Decimal Code 326.097
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- New York Times, 06/17/2007, Page 24
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