Rough Crossings
 Rough Crossings: Britain the Slaves and the American Revolution is a history book and television series by Simon Schama.This gives an account of the history of thousands of enslaved African Americans who escaped to the British cause during the American War of Independence. It tells of the legal battles in England that established that slavery was not legally valid in England itself how the British government offered freedom to enslaved African Americans if they would fight for the king.