Espionage and Enslavement in the Revolution: The True Story of Robert Townsend and Elizabeth - Hardcover
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Availability:Out of StockContributor:Claire Bellerjeau, Tiffany Yecke Brooks, Vanessa Williams (Foreword by)Publish date:5/1/2021Pages:232
Language:EnglishPublisher:Lyons PressISBN-13:9781493052479ISBN-10:1493052470UPC:9781493052479Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United States, African American & BlackBook Topic:Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)Size:9.10 x 6.10 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SCXE6NYKGG
Espionage and Enslavement in the Revolution: The True Story of Robert Townsend and Elizabeth
In January 1785, a young African American woman named Elizabeth (Liss) was put on board the Lucretia in New York Harbor, bound for Charleston, where she would be sold to her fifth enslaver in just twenty-two years. Leaving behind a small child she had little hope of ever seeing again, Elizabeth was faced with the stark reality of being sold south to a life quite different from any she had known...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Lyons PressISBN-13:9781493052479ISBN-10:1493052470UPC:9781493052479Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United States, African American & BlackBook Topic:Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)Size:9.10 x 6.10 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SCXE6NYKGG
Claire Bellerjeau is the co-author of Espionage and Enslavement in the Revolution: The True Story of Robert Townsend and Elizabeth. In 2022, she cofounded a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization called Remember Liss that educates the community about Elizabeth's extraordinary life and times. Bellerjeau formerly served as historian and director of education at Raynham Hall Museum in Oyster Bay, New York,...
Publisher: Lyons Press
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Claire Bellerjeau, Tiffany Yecke Brooks, Vanessa Williams (Foreword by)
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