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Epic journeys of freedom : runaway slaves of the American Revolution and their global quest for liberty

During the American Revolution, thousands of slaves fled their masters to find freedom with the British. Having emancipated themselves--and with the rhetoric about the inalienable rights of free men ringing in their ears--these men and women struggled tenaciously to make liberty a reality in their own lives

Print Book, English, ©2006
Beacon Press, Boston, ©2006