Rough crossings : the slaves, the British, and the American Revolution
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Published
[New York] : Perennial, 2007.
Status
Central - Adult Nonfiction
326.0973 SCHAM
1 available
326.0973 SCHAM
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Published
[New York] : Perennial, 2007.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
478 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Includes index.
Description
Rough Crossings turns on a single huge question: if you were black in America at the start of the Revolutionary War, whom would you want to win? In response to a declaration by the last 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 reach the British camp. This mass movement lasted as long as the war did, and a military strategy originally designed to break the plantations of the American South had unleashed one of the great exoduses in American history.
Awards
National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction Winner
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Schama, S. (2007). Rough crossings: the slaves, the British, and the American Revolution . Perennial.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Schama, Simon. 2007. Rough Crossings: The Slaves, the British, and the American Revolution. Perennial.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Schama, Simon. Rough Crossings: The Slaves, the British, and the American Revolution Perennial, 2007.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Schama, Simon. Rough Crossings: The Slaves, the British, and the American Revolution Perennial, 2007.
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