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Wesley, Gloria.
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Slavery -- South Carolina -- Fiction.
Freedmen -- Fiction.
Loyalists, Black -- Nova Scotia -- Birchtown -- Fiction.
Women, Black -- Nova Scotia -- Birchtown -- Fiction.
Birchtown (N.S.) -- History -- Fiction.
Nova Scotia -- Fiction.
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Wesley, Gloria.
Slavery -- South Carolina -- Fiction.
Freedmen -- Fiction.
Loyalists, Black -- Nova Scotia -- Birchtown -- Fiction.
Women, Black -- Nova Scotia -- Birchtown -- Fiction.
Birchtown (N.S.) -- History -- Fiction.
Nova Scotia -- Fiction.
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Chasing
freedom
: a
novel
/ Gloria Ann Wesley.
by
Wesley, Gloria.
Fernwood, c2011.
Call #:
FICTION WES
Subjects
Slavery -- South Carolina -- Fiction.
Freedmen -- Fiction.
Loyalists, Black -- Nova Scotia -- Birchtown -- Fiction.
Women, Black -- Nova Scotia -- Birchtown -- Fiction.
Birchtown (N.S.) -- History -- Fiction.
Nova Scotia -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9781552664230 (pbk.)
Description:
231 p. ; 20 cm.
Summary:
"The American Revolutionary War is being waged, and the fate of slaves in the colonies is on the line. Sarah Redmond, a slave on a South Carolina plantation, watches with a heavy heart as her father steals away in the dead of the night to join the British army, enticed by promises of
freedom
, land and provisions for his whole family. But before her father can return, the war draws to a close and the Loyalist slaves are all freed -- including Sarah and her grandmother, Lydia. Uncertain of their future, Sarah and Lydia join the thousands who are rounded up and sent to New York to prepare for their journey to a new home somewhere in the British colonies. After months of waiting, the Redmonds are assigned to a ship bound for the first all-black community in North America: Birchtown, Nova Scotia. With their Certificates of
Freedom
in hand, Lydia and Sarah wait anxiously, hoping beyond hope that their new life will bring acceptance and happiness. But once they reach Birchtown they find that their new home is barren, cold and isolated -- and in a world slow to forget old fears and hate, their Certificates offer them
freedom
in name only.
Chasing
Freedom
is the story of a young woman struggling to discover who she is and what she can become in a world that offers her few opportunities. Can Sarah and her family find the strength and determination to persevere against all odds?" --From the publisher.
Genre:
Canadian fiction.
Black fiction.
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