Espionage and Enslavement in the Revolution: The True Story of Robert Townsend and Elizabeth

by Tiffany Yecke Brooks and Claire Bellerjeau

Book Overview

In January 1785, a young African American woman named Elizabeth (Liss) was put on board the Lucretia in New York Harbor, bound for Charleston, where she would be sold to her fifth enslaver in just twenty-two years. Leaving behind a small child she had little hope of ever seeing again, Elizabeth was faced with the stark reality of being sold south to a life quite different from any she had known before. She had no idea that Robert Townsend, a son...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1493052470
• ISBN13: 9781493052479
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Lyons Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"