Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution

Jun 26, 2006

Washington Post | Book Group

Simon Schama talked about his book Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution, published by Ecco. He described the impact of slavery on both the United States and Britain during the American Revolution. He explained that British officers promised escaped slaves complete freedom and put them on ships to Nova Scotia .. Read More
Simon Schama talked about his book Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution, published by Ecco. He described the impact of slavery on both the United States and Britain during the American Revolution. He explained that British officers promised escaped slaves complete freedom and put them on ships to Nova Scotia and later to Sierra Leone in West Africa. He said this was the first mass emancipation of slaves in the Americas. After his presentation his responded to audience members' questions.

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00:00:59 none WE'RE GOING TO GET STARTED. I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME YOU ALL HERE. I'M DEPUTY EDITOR OF "WASHINGTON...
00:01:46 Unidentified Speaker GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. IT'S PROBABLY APPROPRIATE THAT THE BOOK THAT WE'RE GOING...
00:06:04 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, SO MUCH. FIRST OF ALL, THE MOST BORING QUESTION IN ANY PERFORMANCE CAN YOU HEAR ME? GOOD....
00:10:57 Unidentified Speaker THE MEAT OF THE KING APPROACHED LT IT WAS LIKE THAT. I ESPECIALLY HATED HIM HALF. AN HOUR OF PRECIOUS...
00:58:38 Unidentified Speaker I'D LIKE TO END ON AN UPBEAT NOTE. BUT YOU THERE ARE A LOT OF HEARTBREAKS THAT LED TO THAT MOMENT....
00:58:55 Unidentified Speaker WELL, TESTIFY SAY -- -- I HAVE TO SAY -- [INAUDIBLE]
00:59:09 Unidentified Speaker WE CAN'T HEAR IN THE BACK.
00:59:11 Unidentified Speaker I'M SORRY. SHALL I REPEAT THE QUESTION. THE QUESTION HASN'T BEEN PUT YET. IT'S MERELY FLATTERY AND...
00:59:28 Unidentified Speaker HAVE YOU READ "UNEASY PLANTATION, WHICH IS --
00:59:34 Unidentified Speaker THE QUESTION IS HAVE I READ "UNEASY PLANTATION" I HAVE. AND IT'S A WONDERFUL PORTRAIT OF CONFLICT...
01:03:01 Unidentified Speaker OUT OF CONTROL OVER THE TOP AND THEN IS THOUGHT TO GO CLINICALLY MAD. JOHN ADDAMS, ON THE OTHER HAND,...
01:04:16 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU, YOU WOULD LIKE ME ENORMENTSLY. I HAVE A, I HAVE A RATHER MUNDANE QUESTION,...
01:04:27 Unidentified Speaker NO, I'M VERY GOOD QUESTION.
01:04:29 Unidentified Speaker ELSEWHERE IN BRITAIN, VERY GOOD QUESTION BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 30,000 OR SO WHO DEPARTMENT WITH...
01:06:33 Unidentified Speaker [INAUDIBLE]
01:06:37 Unidentified Speaker NO, NO, I MEANT BLACK -- I JUST MEANT BLACK. YES, YES, I DO. I THINK IT WAS SOME PEOPLE THINK 50...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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