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The book of negroes : African Americans in exile after the American Revolution / edited by Graham Russell Gao Hodges, Alan Edward Brown.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American loyalists--History--18th century--Sources.
- African American loyalists.
- Enslaved persons--Emancipation--United States--History--18th century--Sources.
- Enslaved persons.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Fordham University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- "Since publication of The Black Loyalist Directory in 1996, the primary component, The Book of Negroes, has become one of the most-cited of American Revolutionary primary sources. This new edition salutes The Book of Negroes by using the original title of this famous accounting of Black freedom. On the surface, The Book of Negroes is a laconic, ledger-style enumeration of 3,000 self-emancipated and free Blacks who departed as part of the British evacuation of Loyalists from New York City in the summer and fall of 1783 for Nova Scotia, England, Germany, and other parts of the world. Created under orders from Sir Guy Carleton (Lord Dorchester), Commander-in-Chief of British forces in North America, to placate an angry George Washington, Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army (USA), who regarded the Black Loyalists as fugitive slaves, The Book of Negroes is, as Alan Gilbert has observed, a "roll of honor.""-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Cover
- THE BOOK OF NEGROES
- Title
- Copyright
- CONTENTS
- Acknowledgments
- List of Illustrations
- Introduction
- A Note on the Text
- Introduction to the 2021 Edition
- Classroom Use for The Book of Negroes
- Suggested Readings
- Black Loyalist Directory
- Book One
- Book Two
- Book Three
- Appendix 1: Tabular Analysis of the Black Loyalist Directory
- Appendix 2: The London Black Poor
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- Illustrations.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780823298822
- OCLC:
- 1272997550
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