Black Founders : The Unknown History of Australia's First Black Settlers
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0868408492
ISBN-13
9780868408491
Publisher
UNSW Press
Imprint
UNSW Press
Country of Manufacture
AU
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 1st, 2006
Print length
232 Pages
Weight
362 grams
Dimensions
23.40 x 15.50 x 1.80 cms
Ksh 4,050.00
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Reveals that black convicts were among our first fleet settlers - a fact which complicates our understanding of race relations in early colonial Australia. This work includes the runaway ""Black Caesar"", who became our first bushranger, and the subversive Billie Blue, who was the first ferryman on Sydney Harbour, after whom Blues Point is named.
In this compelling new book, distinguished historian and writer Cassandra Pybus reveals that black convicts were among our first fleet settlers - a fact which profoundly complicates our understanding of race relations in early colonial Australia. Most of these black founders were originally slaves from America who had sought freedom with the British during the American Revolution only to find themselves abandoned and unemployed in England when the war was over. Pybus'' stories include the notorious runaway ''Black Caesar'', who became our first bushranger, and the wonderfully subversive Billie Blue, who was the first ferryman on Sydney Harbour, after whom Blues Point is named.
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