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Condition: Very Good: A book that has been read and does not look new, but is in excellent condition. No ... Very Good: A book that has been read and does not look new, but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the book cover, with the dust jacket (if applicable) included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins. Some identifying marks on the inside cover, but this is minimal. Very little wear and tear. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab

EAN: 9780563487098

ISBN: 0563487097

Subject Area: Legal History, Modern History, Regional History

Book Title: Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution

Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom

Publication Year: 2005

Type: Textbook

Format: Hardcover

Language: English

Publication Name: Rough Crossings

Item Height: 241mm

Author: Simon Schama

Publisher: Ebury Publishing

Item Width: 162mm

Subject: Social Sciences, History

Item Weight: 872g

Number of Pages: 448 Pages

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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. The decision to offer slaves who defected to the British their liberty began in military strategy, but it unleashed the greatest mass uprising in American history by tens of thousands of slaves Americans who clung to the sentimental notion of British freedom even when they knew that the English were far from being saints when it came to slavery. With powerfully vivid story-telling, often spoken through the voices of the blacks themselves, as well as the white abolitionists who became their emancipators and protectors, Schama follows the odyssey of the escaped blacks into the fires of the war, the terror of potential recapture at the war's end, and into inhospitable Nova Scotia where thousands who had served the Crown were betrayed in their promises to receive land. Along the way, ROUGH CROSSINGS keeps company with a cast of extraordinary characters- Granville Sharp, the flute-playing fathe

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Simon Schama

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Rough Crossings

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English

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Social Sciences, History

Publication Year

2005

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Textbook

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448 Pages

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241mm

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162mm

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872g

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