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    <body><![CDATA[<p> Though historians have known this story for decades, expatriate British historian Simon Schama, a professor at Columbia, brings his narrative vigor to the account of America's first emancipation. The &quot;novelistic, exacting&quot; (<em>Chicago Sun-Times</em>) touch that made <em>A History of Britain</em> and <em>Citiz...</em></p><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45461173">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is a handful, expect to be at it for awile.<br/>History is turned on its head by this book, however when I say history I dont mean actual facts disproven, rather this IS factual history, just modern (American mostly) historys dont want to point out that huge numbers of there Black Slaves ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57348382">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A great book, that looks at the American Revolution from another side, that of enslaved African Americans that find their liberty with the British.<br/><br/>Reminds me of Dr. Johnson's saying &quot;Why do I hear the whelps of Liberty from the Slave Drivers of Virginia&quot;]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Although this is nonfiction, the book is told much like a story from many points of view, and is almost as gripping as good fiction, but even more interesting because it is a history book and the details are all footnoted.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Amazing book.  Phenomenal story.  Mind-altering for me in many ways.  There were some phenomenal men out there in the 18th century, black and white alike.  A definite read.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very readable nonfiction account of a little known migration that resulted in runaway slaves siding with England during the American Revolution and their struggle to become free. The promised land is Sierra Leone and the unlikely moses was Thomas Clarkson, an undistinguished second son. After gettin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5964583">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[JULY 4TH? READ THIS!!! By British prof. Simon Schama.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book presents a fascinating history on the lives of slaves that left America during the Revolutionary War for the &quot;promise of freedon&quot; by the British govt for service to the King.  A tragic tale but a great one on there travails in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland to the colony in Freetow...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23518586">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Schama has written an amazing book.  Written in a narrative format, the reader gains a new perspective on the American Revolution (the first third is about slaves in America during the war and the last two-thirds are about what happened to those slaves who during the war, fled the Americans to join ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22954217">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting reading.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I thought this was really interesting since I knew very little about the relationship between Britan and colonial blacks during the American Revolutionary period.  This book was a little harder to follow and not as engaging as his &quot;Power of Art&quot; series, but still informative.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A must-read for every American, I think this work should be part of every high-school curriculum. Almost everything I read in here was news to me, and I've read widely on the race question in the US. So glad Schama has contributed in this way to our collective knowledge.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I recommend this book to anyone interested in the history of slavery and African Americans in the United States. This book is a delightful read that explores areas of the topic of slavery that has never really been touched upon in school history on either side of the Atlantic. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you are interested in history - black history in particular I would recommend this book. I found it easy to read and it has given me some understanding of how part of our world was shaped.]]></body>
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