Freedom and Resistance A Social History of Black Loyalists in the Bahamas |
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| Author:
| Curry, Christopher |
| Series title: | Contested Boundaries Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8130-5447-6 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2017 |
| Publisher: | University Press of Florida
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $74.95 |
Book Description:
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After the American Revolution, enslaved and free blacks who had been loyal to the British cause arrived in the Bahamas, drawn by British promises of liberty and land. Freedom and Resistance shows how Black Loyalists struggled to find freedom, clashing with white loyalists who tried either to bind them to illegal indentured contracts or to enslave them.
After the American Revolution, enslaved and free blacks who had been loyal to the British cause arrived in the Bahamas, drawn by British promises of liberty and land. Freedom and Resistance shows how Black Loyalists struggled to find freedom, clashing with white loyalists who tried either to bind them to illegal indentured contracts or to enslave them.