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Black Founders
Cassandra Pybus
其他書名
The Unknown Story of Australia's First Black Settlers
出版UNSW Press, 2006
主題History / Australia & New ZealandHistory / Europe / Austria & HungarySocial Science / Ethnic Studies / GeneralSocial Science / Ethnic Studies / African StudiesSocial Science / DiscriminationSocial Science / Black Studies (Global)
ISBN08684084929780868408491
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=q_dAY-X5e8gC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋In this compelling new book, distinguished historian and writer Cassandra Pybus reveals that black convicts were among our first fleet settlers - a fact 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, who was the first ferryman on Sydney Harbour, after whom Blues Point is named.