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Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution
by Schama, Simon | PB | VeryGood
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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.
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller notes
- Binding
- Paperback
- Weight
- 1 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- Yes
- ISBN
- 9780060539177
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0060539178
ISBN-13
9780060539177
eBay Product ID (ePID)
57161744
Product Key Features
Book Title
Rough Crossings : the Slaves, the British, and the American Revolution
Number of Pages
512 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Slavery, United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Black Studies (Global), United States / General, Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837)
Publication Year
2007
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Social Science, History
Format
Perfect
Dimensions
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
19.7 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
Simon Schama's Rough Crossings . . . brilliantly re-creates the histories of runaway slaves in and after the American revolution., "A master storyteller." -- Newsweek "If there's a better living writer of history than Simon Schama, I'd sure like to know who it is." -- Cleveland Plain Dealer ". . .plenty of gorgeous writing from this most elegant of stylists." -- Christian Science Monitor "Schama tells this complex story through a series of richly drawn, idiosyncratic individuals, from musical bureaucrats to rebellious slaves." -- San Diego Union-Tribune Simon Schama's Rough Crossings . . . brilliantly re-creates the histories of runaway slaves in and after the American revolution. -- Sunday Times (London) "A lively and accessible book." -- Newsday " Schama is back at his best -and historians don't come much better than that. -- Sunday Times (London), Schama tells this complex story through a series of richly drawn, idiosyncratic individuals, from musical bureaucrats to rebellious slaves.
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
326.0973/09033
Synopsis
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., 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., "The most dramatic account so far of the extraordinary expeience of slaves in and after the American Revolution. . . . Schama's gift for plunging us into the very center of the action makes reading an exhilarating and often moving experience."--Daily Telegraph If you were black in America at the start of the Revolutionary War, whom would you want to win? In response to a declaration by the last governor of Virginia that any rebel-owned slave who escaped and served the King would be emancpated, tens of thousands of blacks voted with feet, escaping to fight beside the British. Originally designed to break the plantations of the American South, this military strategy instead unleashed one of the great exoduses in American history. Told in the voices of the slaves and the white abolitionists who aided them, Simon Schama vividly details the odyssey of these escaped blacks, shedding light on an extraordinary chapter in America's birth.
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