Epic Journeys of Freedom: Runaway Slaves of the American Revolution and Their

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Publication Date
2007-02-01
Pages
304
ISBN
9780807055151
Book Title
Epic Journeys of Freedom : Runaway Slaves of the American Revolution and Their Global Quest for Liberty
Publisher
Beacon Press
Item Length
9 in
Publication Year
2007
Format
Perfect
Language
English
Item Height
0.8 in
Author
Cassandra Pybus
Genre
Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Topic
Slavery, Cultural Heritage, United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Africa / West, Europe / Great Britain / General, Australia & New Zealand, United States / General
Item Weight
14.8 Oz
Item Width
6 in
Number of Pages
304 Pages
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Publisher
Beacon Press
ISBN-10
0807055158
ISBN-13
9780807055151
eBay Product ID (ePID)
63755537

Product Key Features

Book Title
Epic Journeys of Freedom : Runaway Slaves of the American Revolution and Their Global Quest for Liberty
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Slavery, Cultural Heritage, United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Africa / West, Europe / Great Britain / General, Australia & New Zealand, United States / General
Publication Year
2007
Genre
Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Author
Cassandra Pybus
Format
Perfect

Dimensions

Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
14.8 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

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Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
& " This gripping and enlightening book . . . [is] an impressive and extremely important work. Readers will obtain a much greater understanding of an aspect of the American Revolution that finally gets some much-deserved scholarship.& ", "What Pybus offers is a collective biography, made possible through her painstaking--breathtaking--examination . . . rich and wonderful." --Jill Lepore The New Yorker "This gripping and enlightening book . . . [is] an impressive and extremely important work. Readers will obtain a much greater understanding of an aspect of the American Revolution that finally gets some much-deserved scholarship." Library Journal Starred "A significant contribution to contemporary studies of the Black Atlantic." Publishers Weekly, & " What Pybus offers is a collective biography, made possible through her painstaking& - breathtaking& - examination . . . rich and wonderful.& " & - Jill Lepore, "Through her meticulous research and an engaging narrative, Pybus provides a superb collective biography of those slaves during the American Revolution who dared to pursue their dreams of freedom. This book would be an appropriate addition to either African-American History or Revolutionary War collections."-Clark E. Heath (AASL) Southfield Lathrup High School, Lathrup Village, MI "This book shines because of Ms. Cassandra Pybus's stellar research. Her description of the upheaval surrounding the American Revolution is sound . . . Cassandra Pybus's book adds much needed historical documentation to a group of people who have largely been forgotten by history. Every school and public library should own a copy of this book."-Christina Maria Beaird (PLA), Plainfield Public Library District, Plainfield, IL "An impressive and extremely important work." -Library Journal, starred review "A significant contribution to contemporary studies of the Black Atlantic." -Publishers Weekly "What a gripping narrative . . . [and] an awesome achievement."--Alfred F. Young, author of The Shoemaker and the Tea Party, "Through her meticulous research and an engaging narrative, Pybus provides a superb collective biography of those slaves during the American Revolution who dared to pursue their dreams of freedom. This book would be an appropriate addition to either African-American History or Revolutionary War collections."-Clark E. Heath (AASL) Southfield Lathrup High School, Lathrup Village, MI "This book shines because of Ms. Cassandra Pybus's stellar research. Her description of the upheaval surrounding the American Revolution is sound . . . Cassandra Pybus's book adds much needed historical documentation to a group of people who have largely been forgotten by history. Every school and public library should own a copy of this book."-Christina Maria Beaird (PLA), Plainfield Public Library District, Plainfield, IL "An impressive and extremely important work." -Library Journal, starred review "A significant contribution to contemporary studies of the Black Atlantic." -Publishers Weekly "What a gripping narrative . . . [and] an awesome achievement."--Alfred F. Young, author of The Shoemaker and the Tea Party From the Trade Paperback edition.
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
323.3/225/09033
Synopsis
During the American Revolution, thousands of slaves fled from their masters to find freedom with the British. Having emancipated themselves--and with rhetoric about the inalienable rights of free men ringing in their ears--these men and women struggled tenaciously to make liberty a reality in their lives. This alternative narrative includes the stories of dozens of individuals--including Harry, one of George Washington's slaves--who left America and forged difficult new lives in far-flung corners of the British Empire. Written in the best tradition of history from the bottom up, this pathbreaking work will alter the way we think about the American Revolution., This alternative narrative of freedom fought for and won traces the stories of dozens of individuals--including Harry, one of George Washington's slaves--who left America and forged difficult new lives in far-flung corners of the British Empire., During the American Revolution, thousands of slaves fled from their masters to find freedom with the British. Having emancipated themselves--and with rhetoric about the inalienable rights of free men ringing in their ears--these men and women struggled tenaciously to make liberty a reality in their lives. This alternative narrative includes the stories of dozens of individuals--including Harry, one of George Washington's slaves--who left America and forged difficult new lives in far-flung corners of the British Empire. Written in the best tradition of history from the bottom up, this pathbreaking work will alter the way we think about the American Revolution. "Epic Journeys of Freedom is a well-written and engaging narrative history that also happens to be the fruit of prodigious research." --George M. Fredrickson, New York Review of Books "What a gripping narrative . . . an awesome achievement." --Alfred F. Young, author of The Shoemaker and the Tea Party Cassandra Pybus is Australian Research Council Professorial Fellow in History at the University of Sydney. An award-winning author who has written ten books, she is a frequent Fulbright professor and international fellow at American universities.

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