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Freedom and Resistance: A Social History of Black Loyalists in the Bahamas(Contested Boundaries)

Freedom and Resistance: A Social History of Black Loyalists in the Bahamas(Contested Boundaries)


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After the American Revolution, enslaved and free blacks who had been loyal to the British cause arrived in the Bahamas, drawn by British promises of liberty and land. Freedom and Resistance shows how black loyalists struggled to find freedom, clashing with white loyalists who tried either to bind them to illegal indentured contracts or to enslave them. Despite these challenges, black loyalists made significant contributions to Bahamian society. They advanced ideas of civil liberty through political activism and armed resistance, built churches and schools that became the foundations of self-reliant black communities, and participated in the emerging market economy. Comparing the experiences of these Bahamians to those of other black loyalist communities in Jamaica and Nova Scotia, Christopher Curry adds a new global dimension to the freedom struggle that spread from the American Revolution.

About the Author :
Christopher Curry is assistant professor of history at The College of The Bahamas.

Review :
Brilliant. Puts the Bahamas on the map with Jamaica, Antigua, Nova Scotia, and Sierra Leone as sites where the black refugees who fled the American victory in the War of Independence added mightily to the economy and religious life in their new homes.”—John Saillant, author of Black Puritan, Black Republican: The Life and Thought of Lemuel Haynes, 1753–1833   “A rich social history that recognizes both the unique nature of Bahamian society and the ways in which it fit into an Atlantic context.”—Carla Gardina Pestana, author of Protestant Empire: Religion and the Making of the British Atlantic World   “Adds a critical dimension to our understanding of the African diaspora experience in the Age of Revolution.”—Renée Soulodre-La France, coeditor of Africa and the Americas: Interconnections during the Slave Trade


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780813054476
  • Publisher: University Press of Florida
  • Publisher Imprint: University Press of Florida
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 256
  • Series Title: Contested Boundaries
  • Sub Title: A Social History of Black Loyalists in the Bahamas
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0813054478
  • Publisher Date: 30 Apr 2017
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 13 mm
  • Weight: 616 gr


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