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The astonishing life of Octavian Nothing, traitor to the nation. V. #2, The kingdom on the waves /

After escaping a death sentence in the summer of 1775, Octavian and his tutor find shelter but no safe harbor in British-occupied Boston and, persuaded by Lord Dunmore's proclamation offering freedom to slaves who join his counterrevolutionary Royal Ethiopian Regiment, Octavian and his friends...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Anderson, M. T.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2008.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
African Americans > Juvenile fiction.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Naval operations, British > Juvenile fiction.
African Americans > Fiction.
Freedom > Fiction.
Slavery > Fiction.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Naval operations, British > Fiction.
Virginia > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Fiction.
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Summary:After escaping a death sentence in the summer of 1775, Octavian and his tutor find shelter but no safe harbor in British-occupied Boston and, persuaded by Lord Dunmore's proclamation offering freedom to slaves who join his counterrevolutionary Royal Ethiopian Regiment, Octavian and his friends soon find themselves engaged in naval raids on the Virginia coastline as the Revolutionary War breaks out in full force.
Physical Description:561 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
ISBN:9780763629502 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0763629502 (hardcover : alk. paper)