Rough crossings : Britain, the slaves and the American Revolution /
In response to a declaration by the last royal governor of Virginia that any rebel-owned slave who escaped and served the King would be emancipated, tens of thousands of slaves--Americans who clung to the sentimental notion of British freedom--escaped from farms, plantations and cities to try to rea...
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Bibliographic Details
| Main Author: |
Schama, Simon |
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| Format: | Book
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| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
London :
BBC,
2005.
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