The Escapes of David George: An Odyssey of Slavery, Freedom, and the American Revolution

When most Americans think of slavery, they do not picture the colonial or revolutionary eras. Yet, in fact, one of six inhabitants of the thirteen original colonies was enslaved.The Escapes of David George: an Odyssey of Slavery, Freedom, and the American Revolutionreveals a remarkable, untold experience of the American revolutionary period-a Black man's quest for the freedom espoused by our Founders, but denied him and other enslaved people.

In 1762, at the age of nineteen, David George esc...