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Rough Crossings

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by Simon Schama


  London:

  abolitionists in. See Abolitionists, abolition–in England; Sharp, Granville

  blacks living in

  indigency among, petitions for compensation of; resettled in Africa (see also Sierra Leone)

  London, Black

  Long, Edward

  Long Island, battle of

  Louis XVI, King of France

  Louisiana Territory

  Loyal, Anthony and Hagar

  Loyal Refugee Volunteers

  Luce, William

  Lucretia

  Ludlam, Thomas

  Lutwyche, Captain

  Lyttelton, William

  Macaulay, Alexander

  Macaulay, Selina (née Mills)

  Macaulay, Thomas

  Macaulay, Zachary

  Clarkson criticized by, French attack and

  Macaulay & Babington

  Macbean, Mr (lawyer)

  MacCarthy, Charles

  Macnamara, Matthias

  MacNeill, Daniel

  Madison, James

  Maitland, James

  Malaria

  Malony, John

  Manchester Constitutional Society

  Mansfield, James

  Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl of

  Lewis case and

  Somerset case and

  Zong case and

  Marian, Abraham

  Marie Antoinette, Queen of France

  Marion, Francis

  Maroons

  Marrant, John

  Marsh, George

  Marsterns, John

  Marston, Benjamin

  Martin, George

  Martin, Josiah

  Martin, Phoebe

  Martin family (Port l’Hébert)

  Mary

  Mason, George

  Massachusetts

  blacks’ petitions to colonial governors of

  persistence of race prejudice in

  slavery abolished in

  Mathews, John

  Matthews, John

  May, Captain

  Mayo, Rev Herbert

  McGillivray’s Plantation

  McGregor, Charity

  McKenzie, John

  McNutt, Alexander

  Meade, Captain

  Mercantilism

  Mercury

  Merselis, Ahasuerus

  Middleton, Arthur

  Middleton, Sir Charles

  Middleton, Lady

  Miles, Thomas

  Miller, George

  Miller, John

  Millidge, Thomas

  Milligan, Jane and Maria

  Mirabeau, Vicomte de

  Moncrief, James

  Monmouth County Patriots

  Montagu, Lord

  Montefiore, Joshua

  Moody, Nancy

  Moore, Andrew

  Moore, Daniel, Tina, and Elizabeth

  More, Hannah

  Morgan, John

  Morgann, Maurice

  Morning Chronicle and London Advertiser

  Morning Star

  Morris, Charles

  Morris, Jacob

  Mosely, Patty

  Muhlenberg, Henry Melchior

  Murphy, Decimus

  Murray, John. See Dunmore, John Murray 4th Earl of Murray, Lady Elizabeth

  Myro

  Naimbana (Temne chief)

  Napier, Lieutenant

  Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of the French

  Narrative (Douglass)

  Narrative (Equiano)

  Nash, Gary

  Natchez people

  Nautilus

  Negro Act

  Nelson, Horatio

  Nelson, Thomas

  Nepean, Evan

  New Brunswick

  emigration to Sierra Leone from

  Newcastle, Duke of

  New Hampshire

  New Jersey:

  abolitionist sentiments in

  black loyalist soldiers and partisans in

  plans for slave uprising in

  Newport, Rhode Island

  Newton, John

  Newton, Lydia

  New York

  black loyalist soldiers and partisans in

  efforts to recapture escaped slaves in

  embarkation of blacks from

  evacuation of British troops and white loyalists from

  evaluation of blacks’ claims to freedom in

  as haven for escaped slaves

  resistance to loyalist defeat in

  response to British capitulation in

  Nibbs, George

  Nicol, George

  Nordenskjold, Augustus

  Norfolk, skirmishes at

  North, Lord Frederick

  North Carolina

  Nova Scotia

  apportioning of land in

  black churches in

  blacks’ lawsuits against whites in

  blacks reduced to servitude in

  blacks serving in War of 1812 sent to

  chosen as asylum for displaced loyalists

  emigration to Sierra Leone from; Clarkson’s recruitment mission and; departure of fleet, preparations for voyage; seeds brought along in

  evacuation of black loyalists to

  free provisions for settlers in

  George’s ministry in

  King’s experiences in

  Maroons in

  Peters’s experiences in

  schools expressly for free black children in

  slavery in

  white loyalists in

  see also specific towns

  Ogé, Vincent

  O’Hara, General Charles

  On the Ill Treatment of the People of Colour in the United States

  Ordington, Captain

  Oswald, Richard

  Otis, James

  Otter

  Pa Bongee (Temne chief)

  Pa Boson (Temne chief)

  Pa Demba

  Page, John

  Palmer, Brother

  Paris peace conference (1815)

  Parker, Peter

  Parliament

  George III’s address on colonies’ rebellion to

  reform of

  Sierra Leone and

  slavery issue and

  Parr, Sir John

  Sierra Leone plan and

  Pascal, Michael

  Paterson, James

  Patrick, Frank

  Patrick, William

  Patriot, The

  Peckard, Peter

  Pennsylvania

  slavery abolished in

  Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the

  Abolition of Slavery

  Pepys, Richard

  Perkins, Cato

  petition of grievances taken to London by

  Perkins, Simeon

  Perseverance

  Perth, Caesar

  Perth, Mary

  Peters, Clairy

  Peters, Frank

  Peters, George

  Peters, Hector

  Peters, Peter

  Peters, Sally

  Peters, Sarah

  Peters, Thomas

  Clarkson’s difficulties with

  death of

  as emigrant in Nova Scotia

  in New Brunswick

  planning for Sierra Leone settlement and

  in Sierra Leone

  trial of

  turned politician

  Philadelphia Society

  “Philanthropos”

  Philips, Lieutenant

  Philipsburgh Proclamation

  Phillips, James

  Phillips, William

  Pigot (lawyer)

  Pinckney, Izabella

  Pioneers. See Black Pioneers and Guides

  Pirate’s Bay, Sierra Leone

  Pitt, John, 2nd Earl of

  Pitt, William, the Younger

  Plantation Laws

  Plymley, Reverend and Katherine

  Plymouth Committee for Abolition

  Pomona

  Poor Law


  Porteus, Beilby, Bishop of Chester and London

  Portland, Duke of

  Port l’Hébert, Nova Scotia

  Port Roseway, Nova Scotia

  Posey, Thomas

  Postell, Elisha

  Postell, Mary

  Press gangs

  Preston, Nova Scotia

  Clarkson’s recruitment mission in

  Prevost, Augustine

  Prince, Mary

  Prince, Newton

  Privy Council

  Proof, Simon

  Prosser, Gabriel

  Provey, Anne

  Province of Freedom. See Sierra Leone Public Advertiser

  Pulaski, Casimir

  Purple Heart

  Putnam, James

  Quakers

  Cuffe story and

  London Committee of

  Quarles, Benjamin

  Quebec, battle of (1759)

  Quit rents

  Race prejudice

  Ramsay, Rev James

  Ramsay, Rebecca (née Akers)

  Ramsey, Cato

  Ramsey, David

  Ramsey, John

  Raritan County, plans for slave uprising in

  Rawdon, Lord Francis

  Rebecca

  Redman, Captain

  Reed, Moses

  Refugee Cowboys

  Reid, James

  Representation (Sharp)

  Revolutionary War

  black loyalist soldiers and partisans in

  (see also Black Pioneers and Guides; Dunmore, John Murray, 4th Earl of); certificates issued to; in Georgia; hearings on claims to freedom of, in New York; hearings on compensation of, in London; music of; names changed by; in New York and New Jersey; promises made to(see also Phillipsburg Proclamation); in Rhode Island; smallpox among; in South Carolina; in Virginia

  blacks fighting with Patriots in

  British incitement of slave and Indian insurrections in, end of; concession of American independence and continuation of hostilities after; embarkation of blacks after; evacuation of British troops and loyalists after; fate of escaped slaves after; prisoner exchange after; restitution of confiscated property after; treaty negotiations and Yorktown defeat and

  slaves’ flight from plantations in; in Georgia; in South Carolina; in Virginia

  southerners’ embrace of Patriot cause in

  Reynolds, Sir Joshua

  Rhode Island

  battle of (1778)

  black loyalist soldiers and partisans in

  slavery abolished in

  Richardson, Ellen

  Richmond, Bill

  Ricketts, William

  Rights of the British Colonists, The (Otis)

  Robbins, Joseph

  Roberts, Simon

  Robinson, Captain

  Robinson, James

  Rockingham, Marquis of

  Rodney, Admiral

  Rose, George

  Roussell, Hagar

  Rowley family

  Royal African Company

  Royal Navy

  Clarkson’s career in

  slave trade and

  Runaways

  encamped on islands off southern coast

  flight of, to serve with Dunmore

  Freetown as haven for

  Howe’s armada and

  in London

  New York as haven for

  of Patriots vs. loyalists

  see also Revolutionary War–slaves’ flight from plantations in

  Rush, Benjamin

  Rushworth, John

  Russell, John

  Rutledge, Edward

  Rutledge, John

  Rutledge, Pompey and Flora

  St Bartholomew’s parish, slave rebellion in

  St Domingue

  slave insurrection in

  St George’s Bay Company

  St Kitts, Ramsay’s ministry on

  St Phillips Castle

  St Vincent, slave insurrection in

  Samson (black pilot)

  Sancho, Ignatius

  Sandwich, HMS

  Sarter, Caesar

  Savage, Henry

  Savage’s Plantation

  Savannah

  British capture of (1778)

  loyalists in, after war

  siege of (1779)

  Scarborough

  Schenkel, Mr (baker)

  Scorpion

  Scott, John Morin

  Sea Sermons

  Seven Years’ War (1756–63)

  Shakespeare, William

  Shanley versus Harvey

  Sharp, Archdeacon Thomas

  Sharp, Eliza (later Mrs Prowse)

  Sharp, Granville

  abolitionist campaign and

  Annis case and

  “Black Prince” and

  education and early career of

  Equiano and

  family background of

  family musical entertainments and

  Frankpledge democracy and

  free blacks turned slavers and

  legal status of slaves in England researched by

  Lewis case and

  memorial to

  Ordnance Office left by

  plight of blacks sent to Nova Scotia and

  Representation by

  Revolutionary War and

  Sierra Leone settlement and

  Somerset case and

  Strong case and

  Zong drownings and

  Sharp, James

  Sharp, John (escaped slave)

  Sharp, John (Granville’s brother)

  Sharp, William

  Shaw, William

  Shawnee

  Shelburne, Lord

  Shelburne, Nova Scotia

  blacks’ lawsuits against whites in

  Clarkson’s recruitment mission in

  complaints about first wave of black emigrants in

  creation of separate township near (See also Birchtown, Nova Scotia) economic downturn in

  George’s experiences in

  riot against blacks in

  Shepherd, Elisha

  Shepherd, Mr and Mrs Thomas

  Sherbro people

  Shrewsbury, HMS

  Sierra Leone

  abolitionists’ views on idea for

  agreements with local chiefs for land in

  annual carnival in

  T. Clarkson’s vision for

  Cuffe’s trading venture in

  under direct protection of Crown

  emigration from America to

  emigration from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick to

  expansion plans for colony of

  first settlement in (Granville Town); demise of; embarkation for; Instruments of Liberty for migrants to; Pomona mission and; recruitment of emigrants for; relief supplies and new settlers sent to; ships delayed at Plymouth en route to; survivors of; white artisans and professionals sent to; white women aboard ship to

  free blacks turned slavers in

  geography of

  governance of

  government support for settlement scheme in

  health hazards and medical care in

  Liberated Africans in

  Liberia compared to

  London blacks’ views on plan for

  Pirates’ Bay settlement in

  plight of indigent blacks in London and

  proposed as site for black colony

  rainy season in

  return of abductees from

  St George’s Bay Company and

  second settlement in (Freetown); accommodations in; armed militia in; blacks reduced to debt peonage in; Canvas Room in; certificates of approbation for migrants to; J. Clarkson appointed “superintendent” of; J. Clarkson’s departure from; J. Clarkson’s governorship of; company store in; conjugal arrangements in; culture and sensibility of “Nova Scotians” in; Dawes’s governorship of; DuBoises’ departure from; elections in; escaped slaves in; flogging of recalcitrant sailors in; fort construction in; French attack on; Granville Town survivors i
n; grievances among blacks in; Harmony Hall in; land allotments in; legal system and trials in; local chiefs’ relations with; Ludlam’s governorship of; Macaulay’s governorship of; militancy among settlers in; naming of; new arrivals in; Nova Scotians’ arrival in; passage from Nova Scotia to; preparations for voyage from Nova Scotia to; produce grown in; recruitment of emigrants for; revolt in (1800); setting aside of J. Clarkson’s promises for; taxation in; white population of

 

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