Black Founders: The Unknown Story of Australia's First Black Settlers by Cassandra Pybus
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Black Founders: The Unknown Story of Australia's First Black Settlers by Cassandra Pybus

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SKU TBM9780868408491
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Book Type: SECONDHAND
ISBN: 9780868408491
Author: Cassandra Pybus
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: UNSW Press
Place: Sydney NSW
Year: 2006
Format: Paperback
Pages: 232 pages
Period: 19th Century

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Small stain to tail edge of preliminary pages, otherwise this book is in very good condition.

In this compelling new book, distinguished historian and writer Cassandra Pybus reveals that black convicts were among our first fleet settlers, 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, the first ferryman on Sydney Harbour, after whom Blues Point is named. (publisher blurb)

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