The Promise of Freedom for Slaves Escaping in British Ships. The Emancipation Revolution, 1740-1807

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Although Africans and African Americans have been left out of most accounts of the Revolutionary years, this book pieces together their emerging path toward freedom. From Britain came the Great Awakening, the advent of evangelism in America, which would provide slaves with hope for future freedom. In 1775, black emancipation commenced in Chesapeake Bay with Lord Dunmore`s proclamation and the resulting fleet, which attracted blacks, creating the first mass emancipation of slaves in British co

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