Cantitate/Preț
Produs

From Slavery to Freetown: Black Loyalists After the American Revolution

Autor Mary Louise Clifford
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 dec 2005
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 sojourn in wartime New York, their evacuation to Nova Scotia, and finally their exodus to Freetown, where they struggled for another decade for not only freedom and dignity, but the right to worship as they choose, make an honest living, and govern themselves.
Citește tot Restrânge

Preț: 23219 lei

Nou

Puncte Express: 348

Preț estimativ în valută:
4445 4620$ 3685£

Carte tipărită la comandă

Livrare economică 05-19 februarie 25

Preluare comenzi: 021 569.72.76

Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780786425570
ISBN-10: 0786425571
Pagini: 251
Dimensiuni: 161 x 230 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: McFarland & Company

Notă biografică