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Rough Crossings

Schama, Simon

What became of the enslaved people who joined the British side in the American Revolution on the promise of freedom?

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At a glance

Author
Schama, Simon

Why read it

  • You will see the American Revolution through people who bet on a promise of freedom, and what it delivered
  • You will understand how persistent individuals, in courts and in Parliament, pushed a reluctant country toward abolition
  • You will learn to ask whether a promise of freedom made in wartime is kept once the fighting ends

Who it is for

  • Someone taught the Revolution as a simple story of liberty
  • Someone interested in how abolition grew from a few stubborn people
  • A traveler or descendant curious about Black loyalists and their journeys

Contents

  1. Simon Schama
  2. Rough Crossings
  3. Dramatis Personae
  4. BRITISH FREEDOM’S PROMISE
  5. Part One
  6. GREENY
  7. I
  8. II
  9. III
  10. IV
  11. V
  12. VI
  13. VII
  14. VIII
  15. Part Two
  16. JOHN
  17. IX
  18. X
  19. XI
  20. XII
  21. ENDINGS, BEGINNINGS
  22. Searchable Terms

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