From Slavery to Freetown: Black Loyalists After the American Revolution

by Mary Louise Clifford

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786425571
• ISBN13: 9780786425570
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 259 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher