As Texas emerged from the Western frontier relatively late in the formation of the USA; it is frequently and incorrectly perceived as fundamentally Western in its political and social orientation. In fact; most of the settlers of this area were emigrants from the South; and many brought with them their slaves and all aspects of slavery as it had matured in their native states.
#764614 in Books Beacon Press 2007-02-15 2007-02-15Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.01 x .70 x 6.02l; .91 #File Name: 0807055158304 pages
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. family researchBy Joy BurtI was looking for links to an ancestor of mine who came to Australia via joining British troops in America; then going with them to U.K and finally deported on 1st fleet. Found many references in this book and have filled a big gap in family history.8 of 10 people found the following review helpful. A Most Amazing BookBy John S. BowmanThe first three "official" reviews of this book fail to convey the sheer original; revealing; even emotional nature of this book. Many Americans now accept that their patriotic Revolutionary ancestors--including the Founding Fathers--owned slaves. Some Americans are aware that many of these slaves fled to the British controlled areas and cities under the promise of gaining freedom. A few Americans may then know of what happened to these former slaves--how many were take off to Nova Scotia with thousands of white Loyalists. What Cassandra Pybus reveals in this book opens all this up into dimensions undreamed of by all but perhaps a literal handful of historians. And in fact; what she presents is more like a nightmare than a dream. In an impeccably researched and footnoted narrative; she first investigates those three relatively "knowns" that I referred to above; providing details that will astound most of us. And when she goes onto present the story of what happenened to most of these former slaves as they movd on not only to Nova Scotia and London but then on to Sierra Leone and Australia--well; it is history as revelation. Although Pybus stays rooted in the strictest procedures of the historian; the end effect is to feel you are reading a novel. But a novel describing events of such unnmitigated misery; of human suffering; of human cruelty; that no novelist would dare invent these happenings. I defy any reader to put the book down saying (a) "Oh; I had suspected all this might have happened" and (b) "In any case I can't see getting especially worked up over it." The end result is a book that both charges far more human beings than we have imagined with being cruel to African-Americans and at the same time informs us of how many of these same African-Americans endured these cruelties and utimately prevailed. In a word; I found it spellbinding!0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Great collection of storiesBy Jermain M. GossThe book was a little confusing at first but never the less did its job in telling a bunch of great stories. I am sure that many did not know of these experiences during that time period. I glad my professor made us read it.
