ISBN10: 0563487097, ISBN13: 9780563487098, [publisher: BBC Books] Hardcover First Edition Type: Book "Rough Crossings" is the astonishing story of the struggle to freedom by thousands of African-American slaves who fled the plantations to fight behind British lines in the American War of Independence. With gripping, powerfully vivid story-telling, Simon Schama follows the escaped blacks into the fires of the war, and into freezing, inhospitable Nova Scotia where many who had served the Crown were betrayed in their promises to receive land at the war's end. Their fate became entwined with British abolitionists: inspirational figures such as Granville Sharp, the flute-playing father-figure of slave freedom, and John Clarkson, the 'Moses' of this great exodus, who accompanied the blacks on their final rough crossing to Africa, wher they hoped that freedom would finally greet them. 447pp.
[Stroud, GLOS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2005]

ISBN10: 0563487097, ISBN13: 9780563487098, [publisher: London : BBC Books] Hardcover 447 S. Ein gutes und sauberes Exemplar. - Set against the backdrop of the American Revolution and its aftermath, Rough Crossings is the astonishing epic of the struggle for freedom by thousands of slaves who believed that their future as free men and women was bound up with staying British, not becoming American. The decision to offer liberty to slaves who defected to the British side began in military strategy, but it unleashed a great mass movement of Afro-Americans who clung to the sentimental notion of British freedom even when they knew that the emancipators were very far from being saints in the matter of slavery. With gripping, powerfully vivid story-telling, often spoken through the voices of the blacks themselves, as well as the white abolitionists who became their emancipators and protectors, Schama follows the odyssey of the escaped blacks into the fires of the war, the terror of potential recapture at the war's end, and into inhospitable Nova Scotia where thousands who had served the Crown were betrayed in their promises to receive land. Along the way, Rough Crossings keeps company with a cast of extraordinary characters: Granville Sharp, the fluteplaying father-figure of slave freedom; David George, runaway slave and Baptist preacher; Thomas Peters, sergeant in the British Black Pioneers and the first true African-American politician. Most compelling of all, there ...
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ISBN10: 0563487097, ISBN13: 9780563487098, [publisher: BBC, 2005.] Hardcover First Edition 1st edition. 8vo. [448pp.] Colour and b/w. illustrations. Original boards. Pictorial d/w., spine lettered in grey and black, very good. ISBN 0563487097 US$14
[Hay on Wye, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2005]

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ISBN10: 0563487097, ISBN13: 9780563487098, [publisher: London : BBC Books] Hardcover 447 S. Ein gutes und sauberes Exemplar. - Set against the backdrop of the American Revolution and its aftermath, Rough Crossings is the astonishing epic of the struggle for freedom by thousands of slaves who believed that their future as free men and women was bound up with staying British, not becoming American. The decision to offer liberty to slaves who defected to the British side began in military strategy, but it unleashed a great mass movement of Afro-Americans who clung to the sentimental notion of British freedom even when they knew that the emancipators were very far from being saints in the matter of slavery. With gripping, powerfully vivid story-telling, often spoken through the voices of the blacks themselves, as well as the white abolitionists who became their emancipators and protectors, Schama follows the odyssey of the escaped blacks into the fires of the war, the terror of potential recapture at the war's end, and into inhospitable Nova Scotia where thousands who had served the Crown were betrayed in their promises to receive land. Along the way, Rough Crossings keeps company with a cast of extraordinary characters: Granville Sharp, the fluteplaying father-figure of slave freedom; David George, runaway slave and Baptist preacher; Thomas Peters, sergeant in the British Black Pioneers and the first true African-American politician. Most compelling of all, there ...
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London: BBC Books, Date: 2005 There is minor spotting and tanning on the edges of the book. 447 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Size F: 8"-9" Tall (203-228mm). 2005. BBC Books ISBN 0563487097 9780563487098 [AU]

ISBN10: 0563487097, ISBN13: 9780563487098, [publisher: BBC Books, London] Hardcover There is minor spotting and tanning on the edges of the book. 447 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. Size: Size F: 8"-9" Tall (203-228mm)
[Newtown, Sydney, NSW, Australia] [Publication Year: 2005]
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BBC 2005 Hard cover This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 900grams, ISBN: 9780563487098.

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UK: BBC Books. Set against the backdrop of the American Revolution and its aftermath, Rough Crossings is the astonishing epic of the struggle for freedom by thousands of slaves who believed that their future as free men and women was bound up with staying British, not becoming American. No one who reads this book will ever feel the same way again about what it means to be British, American - and black. . Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. Date: 2005. 2005. BBC Books ISBN 0563487097 9780563487098 [GB]

BBC Books 2005 Hard cover This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 950grams, ISBN: 9780563487098.

ISBN10: 0563487097, ISBN13: 9780563487098, [publisher: BBC Books, London, Great Britain] Hardcover First Edition (First Edition) Book is a clean tight unmarked copy.
[Lebanon, NJ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2005]
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London : BBC Books, Date: 2005. Second Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 448p. ; 23cm. Subjects: Sharp, Granville (1735-1813). Slavery -- United States -- History -- 18th century. 2005. London : BBC Books ISBN 0563487097 9780563487098 [IE]

BBC Books 2005 First Edition Cloth Very Good in Very Good jacket Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; Type: Book "Rough Crossings" is the astonishing story of the struggle to freedom by thousands of African-American slaves who fled the plantations to fight behind British lines in the American War of Independence. With gripping, powerfully vivid story-telling, Simon Schama follows the escaped blacks into the fires of the war, and into freezing, inhospitable Nova Scotia where many who had served the Crown were betrayed in their promises to receive land at the war's end. Their fate became entwined with British abolitionists: inspirational figures such as Granville Sharp, the flute-playing father-figure of slave freedom, and John Clarkson, the 'Moses' of this great exodus, who accompanied the blacks on their final rough crossing to Africa, wher they hoped that freedom would finally greet them. 447pp.

ISBN10: 0563487097, ISBN13: 9780563487098, [publisher: BBC Books, UK] Hardcover Set against the backdrop of the American Revolution and its aftermath, Rough Crossings is the astonishing epic of the struggle for freedom by thousands of slaves who believed that their future as free men and women was bound up with staying British, not becoming American. No one who reads this book will ever feel the same way again about what it means to be British, American - and black.
[Ilminster, SOM, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2005]
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UK: BBC Books. A fine UK first edition, first printing hardback (slight wear) - in a near fine unclipped dustjacket (some fading to spine) fitted with a removable clear mylar sleeve - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days) - SIGNED BY SIMON SCHAMA - Pictures available upon request. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Date: 2005. 2005. BBC Books ISBN 0563487097 9780563487098 [GB]

ISBN10: 0563487097, ISBN13: 9780563487098, [publisher: London : BBC Books] Hardcover Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 448p. ; 23cm. Subjects: Sharp, Granville (1735-1813). Slavery -- United States -- History -- 18th century. 1 Kg.
[New York, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2005]
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London England: BBC Books. Fine/Near Fine. Date: 2005. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo 0563487097 Hardback Hardcoverv Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution.Simon Schama, Rough Crossings is the astonishing story of the struggle to freedom by thousands of African-American slaves who fled the plantations to fight behind British lines in the American War of Independence. With gripping, powerfully vivid story-telling, Simon Schama follows the escaped blacks into the fires of the war, and into freezing, inhospitable Nova Scotia where many who had served the Crown were... (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.) . 2005. BBC Books ISBN 0563487097 9780563487098 [GB]

London: BBC Books, Date: 2005. 447pp. 22 plates. An unread copy with no inscriptions. 1st edition. Hard Back. Mint/mint. large 8vo. 2005. BBC Books ISBN 0563487097 9780563487098 [GB]

London, UK: BBC Books, Date: 2005. 1st Edition 2nd Impression. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 448pp, two sections of mainly black and white photographic plates. Brown cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Lightly bumped spine heel. Signed by author on title page. Faint sun-fading to page margins. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket Mylar wrapped, mirrors book damage, price unclipped. 8vo. Startling, impassioned book by Britain's most original historian. 2005. BBC Books ISBN 0563487097 9780563487098 [GB]

ISBN10: 0563487097, ISBN13: 9780563487098, [publisher: BBC Books, London] Hardcover First Edition 447pp. 22 plates. An unread copy with no inscriptions Size: large 8vo
[Yaxley, SUFFOLK, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2005]