From Slavery to Freetown
Black Loyalists After the American Revolution
During the American Revolution over 3,000 persons of African descent were promised freedom by the British if they would desert their American rebel masters and serve the loyalist cause. Those who responded to this promise found refuge in New York. In 1783, after Britain lost the war, they were evacuated to Nova Scotia, where for a decade they were treated as cheap labor by the white loyalists. In 1792 they were finally offered a new home in West Africa; over 1,200 responded and became the founders of Freetown in Sierra Leone. This history follows ten of these freed slaves from their escape from masters in Virginia and the Carolinas to their s…
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- ISBN: 978-0-7864-2557-0
- EAN: 9780786425570
- Produktnummer: 2225216
- Verlag: McFarland and Company, Inc.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
- Seitenangabe: 260 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.5 cm 405 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 405
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