The promise of freedom for slaves escaping in British ships : the Emancipation Revolution, 1740-1807 /
Although Africans and African Americans have been left out of most accounts of the Revolutionary years, this book pieces together their emerging path toward freedom. From Britain came the Great Awakening, the advent of evangelism in America, which would provide slaves with hope for future freedom. I...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK :
Pen & Sword Maritime, an imprint of Pen and Sword Books Ltd.,
[2024].
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| Summary: | Although Africans and African Americans have been left out of most accounts of the Revolutionary years, this book pieces together their emerging path toward freedom. From Britain came the Great Awakening, the advent of evangelism in America, which would provide slaves with hope for future freedom. In 1775, black emancipation commenced in Chesapeake Bay with Lord Dunmore’s proclamation and the resulting fleet, which attracted blacks, creating the first mass emancipation of slaves in British colonial history. At the end of the War for Independence, the British evacuations of loyal subjects from 1782 to 1785 were the turning point in the Emancipation Revolution. A majority of free and enslaved blacks would remain where the Royal Navy transports landed them in Jamaica, the Bahamas, Nova Scotia or Britain. Blacks’ love of freedom is concluded with the abolition of the slave trade throughout the British Empire. An uplifting work of black history in the context of the American War for Independence. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 242 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781399048200 1399048201 |