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An American paradox.(Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves, and the American Revolution)(In the Name of the Father: Washington's Legacy, Slavery, and the Making of a Nation)(Book review)
Simon Schama Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves, and the American Revolution. Ecco, 4-96 pages, $29.95
Francois Furstenberg In the Name of the Father: Washington's Legacy, Slavery, and the Making of a Nation. Penguin Press, 352 pages, $27.95
In 1775, after a decade of colonial protest over parliamentary taxation, Samuel Johnson famously complained, "How is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes?" It was a good question and one that has dogged Americans ever since. That strident demands for freedom and equal rights under law came from a place where slavery was interwoven with everyday life, both North and South, has ...
- Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves, and the American Revolution.(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: History Today Armitage, David October 1, 2005 700+ words
Rough Crossings Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution Simon Schama...years after the American Revolution, most of them...his new book, Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution. At first sight...
- Rough Crossings.(Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves, and the American...
- Magazine article from: Bookmarks September 1, 2006 700+ words
**** Rough Crossings Britain, the Slaves, and the American Revolution By Simon Schama The long road to freedom. Though...of the French Revolution successes is evident in Rough Crossings , as is an appetite to tell the story of those...
- Domestic insurrection: sowing the seeds of disorder in Revolutionary...
- Magazine article from: American Scholar Goodheart, Adam September 22, 2006 700+ words
ROUGH CROSSINGS Britain, the Slaves, and the American Revolution By Simon Schama Ecco...Oneida Indians and the American Revolution By Joseph Glatthaar...have written about the American Revolution, does so (despite...
- Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves, and the American Revolution.(Brief...
- Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News August 1, 2006 700+ words
9780060539160 Rough crossings; Britain, the slaves, and the American Revolution. Schama, Simon. HarperCollins 2006 475...29.95 Hardcover E269 At the time of the American Revolution, African Americans accounted for 20 percent...
- Schama, Simon. Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves, and the American...
- Magazine article from: Kliatt Levitov, Francine July 1, 2006 700+ words
SCHAMA, Simon. Rough crossings: Britain, the slaves, and the American Revolution. Read by the author. 10 cds. 11.5 hrs. Harper Audio. 2005/2006. 0-06-113702-2. $39.95. Cardboard; content...
- Stormy ride to freedom; ROUGH CROSSINGS: BRITAIN, THE SLAVES AND THE AMERICAN...
- Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England) September 16, 2005 700+ words
Byline: HUGH THOMAS ROUGH CROSSINGS: BRITAIN, THE SLAVES AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION by Simon Schama (BBC Books, [pounds sterling]20) DURING the American War of Independence, the British Government enlisted...
- Black and white--and red all over; Slavery in America.(Rough Crossings:...
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) August 27, 2005 700+ words
...then we must tip our caps to Mr Schama for reminding us of the grotesque events whose scars still sting today, more than a century afterwards. Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution. By Simon Schama.
- Rough crossings
- Magazine article from: New Statesman Edelstein, Jean Hannah September 24, 2007 700+ words
Rough crossings Away Amy Bloom Granta, 224pp, 10.99 In the beginning, Lillian Leyb's story seems indiscernible from that of thousands of...
