The Book of Negroes by Graham Russell Gao Hodges
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."
Graham Russell Gao Hodges (Edited By)
Graham Gao Hodges is George Dorland Langdon Jr. Professor of History and Africana and Latin American Studies at Colgate University.
Alan Edward Brown (Edited By)
Alan Edward Brown is an attorney in Minneapolis and Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy
Graham Gao Hodges is George Dorland Langdon Jr. Professor of History and Africana and Latin American Studies at Colgate University.
Alan Edward Brown (Edited By)
Alan Edward Brown is an attorney in Minneapolis and Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy
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| ISBN 13 | 9780823298808 |
| ISBN 10 | 0823298809 |
| Title | The Book of Negroes |
| Author | Graham Russell Gao Hodges |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Fordham University Press |
| Year published | 2021-11-02 |
| Number of pages | 334 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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