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

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

During the American Revolution, thousands of enslaved people fled to seek freedom with the British, striving to turn the era’s promises of liberty into lived reality. This alternative narrative follows individuals—including Harry, one of George Washington’s enslaved workers—who left America to build difficult new lives across the British Empire, challenging traditional views of the Revolution.

These stories are explored in the Museum of the City of New York’s exhibition The Occupied City: New York and the American Revolution, which brings their struggles and choices into sharper focus.

• Beacon Press, Penguin Random House Llc.
• 304 pages.
• 5.99 x 0.79 x 9.01 inches.
• ‎14.4 ounces.