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WGBH Forum Network; Epic Journeys of Freedom

02/22/2006

Epic Journeys of Freedom Cassandra Pybus, founder, Australian Humanities Review Historian Cassandra Pybus traces the lives and adventures of the runaway slaves who absorbed the dreams of liberty from their masters during the American Revolution and fled to the British to find freedom. She tells us where where these hopeful and courageous idealists went and what kind of lives they made for themselves.


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WGBH Forum Network
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Epic Journeys of Freedom
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3006

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EPIC JOURNEYS OF FREEDOM CASSANDRA PYBUS, FOUNDER, AUSTRALIAN HUMANITIES REVIEW

HISTORIAN CASSANDRA PYBUS TRACES THE LIVES AND ADVENTURES OF THE RUNAWAY SLAVES WHO ABSORBED THE DREAMS OF LIBERTY FROM THEIR MASTERS DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND FLED TO THE BRITISH TO FIND FREEDOM. SHE TELLS US WHERE WHERE THESE HOPEFUL AND COURAGEOUS IDEALISTS WENT AND WHAT KIND OF LIVES THEY MADE FOR THEMSELVES.

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Chicago: “WGBH Forum Network; Epic Journeys of Freedom,” 02/22/2006, GBH Archives, accessed October 4, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_59786A895CFE49B0B0CB317F741D5C7E.
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