{"product_id":"the-book-of-negroes-african-americans-in-exile-after-the-american-revolution-paperback-softback-9780823298808","title":"The Book of Negroes; African Americans in Exile After the American Revolution (Paperback \/ softback) 9780823298808","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Book of Negroes\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAfrican Americans in Exile After the American Revolution\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGraham Russell Gao Hodges (Edited by), Alan Edward Brown (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780823298808\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 November 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e334 pages, 8 b\/w illustrations\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.606 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSince publication of \u003ci\u003eThe Black Loyalist Directory\u003c\/i\u003e in 1996, the primary component,\u003ci\u003e The Book of \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eNegroes\u003c\/i\u003e, has become one of the most-cited of American Revolutionary primary sources. This new edition salutes \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Negroes \u003c\/i\u003eby using the original title of this famous accounting of Black freedom. On the surface, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Negroes\u003c\/i\u003e 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,\u003ci\u003e The Book of Negroes\u003c\/i\u003e is, as Alan Gilbert has observed, a \"roll of honor.\"\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments \u003c\/i\u003e  vii\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/i\u003e   ix\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eIntroduction \u003c\/b\u003e  xi\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA Note on the Text\u003c\/b\u003e   xlviii\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eIntroduction to the 2021 Edition\u003c\/b\u003e   li\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eClassroom Use for The Book of Negroes\u003c\/i\u003e   lix\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSuggested Readings\u003c\/i\u003e   lxiii\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eBlack Loyalist Directory\u003c\/b\u003e   1\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eBook One\u003c\/b\u003e   3\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eBook Two\u003c\/b\u003e   143\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eBook Three\u003c\/b\u003e   193\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAppendix 1\u003c\/b\u003e: Tabular Analysis of the Black Loyalist Directory   215\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAppendix 2\u003c\/b\u003e: The London Black Poor   225\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSelected Bibliography\u003c\/i\u003e   263\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndex \u003c\/i\u003e  271\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIllustrations follow page 192\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Fordham University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52739277226264,"sku":"9780823298808","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-book-of-negroes-african-americans-in-exile-after-the-american-revolution-paperback-softback-9780823298808","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}