Claire Bellerjeau currently serves as Historian and Director of
Education at Raynham Hall Museum in Oyster Bay, New York, and has
been researching the Townsend family and their slaves for nearly 15
years, including curating a yearlong exhibit on the Townsend “Slave
Bible” in 2008. In 2015, during a research visit to the New York
Historical Society, she discovered what may be one of the earliest
poems ever written by Jupiter Hammon, America’s first published
African-American writer. She has spoken internationally and
published several articles in scholarly journals about life and
artifacts of colonial New York. Bellerjeau lives with her husband
Chris in Oyster Bay, New York.
Tiffany Yecke Brooks holds a PhD in American and Dramatic
Literature from Florida State University, and has spoken and
published widely on early portrayals of race in Trans-Atlantic
performance as well as portrayals of the emerging American identity
in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. She was the lead writer
and researcher for the New York Times best-selling George
Washington’s Secret Six, Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates,
and Andrew Jackson and the Miracle at New Orleans, with Brian
Kilmeade and Don Yaeger, and has served as the lead or contributing
writer for five additional New York Times best-sellers. She lives
in Oklahoma with her family.
"At a time when historically marginalized voices and stories are at
last being brought to the forefront, it's exciting to learn about a
true story explaining details of the Revolutionary War on Long
Island, African American history in New York, and the valiant fight
for independence in a world full of loss, heartache, and eventual
triumph. Claire's research and commitment bring history to life and
reveal a new African American female hero: Liss. Enjoy!"--Vanessa
Williams
"Espionage and Enslavement in the Revolution focuses on the
intertwined lives of two fascinating people who inhabited the
margins of their time: a Revolutionary War spy whose own family
never knew the critical role he played in winning America's
independence and the enslaved woman whose intelligence and verve
ultimately transformed the spy into an ardent abolitionist. A
stupendous work of scholarship and storytelling--highly
recommended."--Nathaniel Philbrick, author of In the Heart of the
Sea and Second Wind
"Espionage and Enslavement in the Revolution will be of particular
value to readers with an interest in 18th & 19th Century American
Women's History, as well as the history of slavery, racism, and
discrimination in America. While highly recommended for community
and college/university library American History, Black Studies, and
African-American Biography collections, it should be noted for
personal reading lists..."-- "Midwest Book Review"
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