Synopsis
Rough Crossings
$14.99
Caryl Phillips from Simon Schama
Published by Oberon
As the American War of Independence reaches its climax, the freed plantation slave Thomas Peters and John Clarkson of the British navy embark upon a journey which will redefine racial politics and change attitudes towards slavery forever
Rough Crossings tells the heroic story of the resettlement of a group of former slaves and soldiers in West Africa, divided by the boundaries of race, but united in their ambition for equality