Rough Crossings

Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution
AuthorSimon Schama
LanguageEnglish
SubjectHistory
GenreNon-fiction
PublisherBBC Books
Publication date
2005
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (book)
Pages445
ISBN0-06-053916-X
OCLC61652611
326.0973/09033 22
LC ClassE269.N3 S33 2006

Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution is a history book by Simon Schama.[1][2][3] It was the 2006 National Book Critics Circle Award winner for general nonfiction.[4] A 2007 drama-documentary television programme was based on it.[5]

  1. ^ Brent Staples (4 June 2006). "Give Us Liberty". The New York Times.
  2. ^ James Walvin (3 September 2005). "Books: Human Traffic". The Guardian.
  3. ^ Alex Butterworth (25 September 2005). "History: Of human bondage". The Guardian.
  4. ^ "All Past National Book Critics Circle Award Winners and Finalists". National Book Critics Circle. Archived from the original on 19 December 2008.
  5. ^ "Simon Schama: Rough Crossings". BBC Two.