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Epic Journeys of Freedom

February 22, 2006

Cassandra Pybus founder, Australian Humanities Review

Historian Cassandra Pybus traces the lives and adventures of the runaway slaves who absorbed the dreams of liberty from their masters during the American Revolution and fled to the British to find freedom. She tells us where where these hopeful and courageous idealists went and what kind of lives they made for themselves.

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Topics: History | Literature & Philosophy

Tags: American Revolution | australia | britain | History | Human Rights | Race

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Epic Journeys of Freedom: Runaway Slaves of the American Revolution and Their Global Quest for Liberty

Author: Cassandra Pybus

Publisher: Beacon Press (2007)

Binding: Paperback, 281 pages

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