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03132aam a2200433 i 4500 001 9AB33616D57A11EBB1025BD44AECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210625010011 008 200820s2021 ctuac b 001 0deng d 020 $a 1493052470 020 $a 9781493052479 035 $a (OCoLC)1184236484 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d VAMVE $d OCLCO $d BDX $d GZD $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d AHS $d OCLCQ $d IK2 $d UKMGB $d BKL $d IOU $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 082 04 $a 973.3 $2 23 100 1 $a Bellerjeau, Claire, $e author. 245 10 $a Espionage and enslavement in the Revolution : $b the true story of Robert Townsend and Elizabeth / $c Claire Bellerjeau and Tiffany Yecke Brooks. 246 30 $a True story of Robert Townsend and Elizabeth 264 1 $a Guilford, Connecticut : $b Lyons Press, $c [2021] 300 $a viii, 216 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of illustrations : $b illustrations, portraits ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-203) and index. 505 0 $a The times that try men's souls -- In the course of human events -- For ourselves and our posterity -- Epilogue : "the journey's end." 520 $a "In January 1785, a young African American slave named Elizabeth was put on board the Lucretia in New York Harbor, bound for Charleston, where she would be sold to her fifth master in just 22 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 of the family she was enslaved by, would locate her, safeguard her child, and return her to New York - nor how her story would help turn one of America's first spies into a fierce abolitionist. Robert Townsend is best known as one of George Washington's most trusted spies, but few know the story of his development into a fierce abolitionist. As Robert and Elizabeth's story unfolds, prominent figures from history cross their path, including Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Benedict Arnold, John AndreÌ and John Adams; as well as participants in the Boston Massacre, the Sons of Liberty, the Battle of Long Island, Franklin's Paris negotiations, and the Benedict Arnold treason plot"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Townsend, Robert, $d 1753-1838. 600 00 $a Elizabeth, $d 1762?- 650 0 $a Slaves $x History $z United States $x History $y 18th century. 650 0 $a Military intelligence $z United States $x History $y 18th century. 650 0 $a Espionage $z United States $x History $y 18th century. 650 0 $a Spies $z United States $x History $y 18th century. 651 0 $a United States $x History $y Revolution, 1775-1783. 650 0 $a Abolitionists $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Slaves $z United States $v Biography. 700 1 $a Brooks, Tiffany Yecke, $e author. 700 1 $a Williams, Vanessa, $d 1963- $e author of foreward. 941 $a 2 952 $l YCPD572 $d 20231206014415.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20210625010117.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9AB33616D57A11EBB1025BD44AECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search