My Life's Interesting Narrative: A Journey from Slave to Freedom (My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner/ Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass/ The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African by Equiano)
My Life's Interesting Narrative: A Journey from Slave to Freedom (My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner/ Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass/ The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African by Equiano)

Author: Richard Wagner

Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan

Published: 2024-06-22

Total Pages: 911

ISBN-13:

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Book 1: Embark on the musical journey of a renowned composer with “My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner.” Richard Wagner, one of the most influential figures in the world of opera, provides readers with insights into his life, creative process, and the cultural milieu of 19th-century Europe. This autobiography offers a firsthand account of Wagner's experiences and reflections, shedding light on the man behind the music. Book 2: Witness the harrowing narrative of a courageous abolitionist with “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass.” Frederick Douglass recounts his journey from enslavement to freedom, offering a searing indictment of the institution of slavery. This powerful narrative serves as a testament to Douglass's resilience and his commitment to justice and equality. Book 3: Experience the remarkable life story of an African man who transcended enslavement with “The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African by Equiano.” Olaudah Equiano shares his extraordinary journey from captivity to freedom, traversing continents and cultures. His narrative not only exposes the brutality of the slave trade but also reflects on the importance of education and the quest for personal liberation.

A History of African American Poetry
A History of African American Poetry

Author: Lauri Ramey

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019-03-21

Total Pages: 283

ISBN-13: 1107035473

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Offers a critical history of African American poetry from the transatlantic slave trade to present day hip-hop.

Unconfessed
Unconfessed

Author: Yvette Christiansë

Publisher: Other Press, LLC

Published: 2024-01-23

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 1635424275

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PEN/HEMINGWAY AWARD FINALIST A fiercely poetic literary debut re-creating the life of an 19th-century slave woman in South Africa. Slavery as it existed in Africa has seldom been portrayed—and never with such texture, detail, and authentic emotion. Inspired by actual 19th-century court records, Unconfessed is a breathtaking literary tour de force. They called her Sila van den Kaap, slave woman of Jacobus Stephanus Van der Wat of Plettenberg Bay, South Africa. A woman moved from master to master, farm to farm, and—driven by the horrors of slavery to commit an unspeakable crime—from prison to prison. A woman fit for hanging . . . condemned to death on April 30, 1823, but whose sentence the English, having recently wrested authority from the Dutch settlers, saw fit to commute to a lengthy term on the notorious Robben Island. Sila spends her days in the prison quarry, breaking stones for Cape Town's streets and walls. She remembers the day her childhood ended, when slave catchers came — whipping the air and the ground and we were like deer whipped into the smaller and smaller circle of our fear. Sila remembers her masters, especially Oumiesies ("old Missus"), who in her will granted Sila her freedom, but Theron, Oumiesies' vicious and mercenary son, destroys the will and with it Sila's life. Sila remembers her children, with joy and with pain, and imagines herself a great bird that could sweep them up in her wings and set them safely on a branch above all harm. Unconfessed is an epic novel that connects the reader to the unimaginable through the force of poetry and a far-reaching imagination.

Subfloor Pits and the Archaeology of Slavery in Colonial Virginia
Subfloor Pits and the Archaeology of Slavery in Colonial Virginia

Author: Patricia Samford

Publisher: University of Alabama Press

Published: 2007-12-16

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 0817354549

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This book discusses the daily life and culture of enslaved Africans and their descendants. Enslaved Africans and their descendants comprised a significant portion of colonial Virginia populations, with most living on rural slave quarters adjacent to the agricultural fields in which they labored. Archaeological excavations into these home sites have provided unique windows into the daily lifeways and culture of these early inhabitants. subfloor pits be-neath the houses. The most common explanations of the functions of these pits are as storage places for personal belongings or root vegetables, and some contextual and ethnohistoric data suggest they may have served as West African-style shrines. Through analysis of 103 subfloor pits dating from the 17th through mid-19th centuries, Samford reveals how data on shape, location, surface area, and depth, as well as contextual analysis of artifact assemblages, can show how subfloor pits functioned for the enslaved. Archaeology reveals the material circumstances of slaves' lives, which in turn opens the door to illuminating other aspects of life: spirituality, symbolic meanings assigned to material goods, social life, individual and group agency, and acts of resistance and accommodation. about how West African, possibly Igbo, cultural traditions were maintained and transformed in the Virginia Chesapeake.

Bars Fight
Bars Fight

Author: Lucy Terry Prince

Publisher: Renard Press Ltd

Published: 2020-10-28

Total Pages: 5

ISBN-13: 1913724204

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Bars Fight, a ballad telling the tale of an ambush by Native Americans on two families in 1746 in a Massachusetts meadow, is the oldest known work by an African-American author. Passed on orally until it was recorded in Josiah Gilbert Holland's History of Western Massachusetts in 1855, the ballad is a landmark in the history of literature that should be on every book lover's shelves.

Warfare in the American Homeland
Warfare in the American Homeland

Author: Joy James

Publisher: Duke University Press

Published: 2007-07-20

Total Pages: 414

ISBN-13: 9780822339236

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DIVA collection of writings by prisoners and scholars that documents the extension of the violence and the repression of the prison establishment into the larger society. /div

American Uprising
American Uprising

Author: Daniel Rasmussen

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2011-01-04

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 0062084356

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“A chilling and suspenseful account [of] the culmination of a signal episode in the history of American race relations.” —Adam Goodheart, The New York Times Book Review In January 1811, five hundred slaves, dressed in military uniforms and armed with guns, cane knives, and axes, rose up from the plantations around New Orleans and set out to conquer the city. Ethnically diverse, politically astute, and highly organized, this self-made army challenged not only the economic system of plantation agriculture but also American expansion. Their march represented the largest act of armed resistance against slavery in the history of the United States. American Uprising is the riveting, long-neglected story of the rebel army's dramatic march on the city, and its shocking conclusion. No North American slave uprising—not Gabriel Prosser's, not Denmark Vesey's, not Nat Turner's—has rivaled the scale of this rebellion either in terms of the number of the slaves involved or the number who were killed. More than one hundred slaves were slaughtered by federal troops and French planters, who then sought to write the event out of history and prevent the spread of the slaves' revolutionary philosophy. Through groundbreaking research, Daniel Rasmussen offers a window into expansionist America, illuminating the early history of New Orleans and providing new insight into the path to the Civil War and the slave revolutionaries who fought and died for the hope of freedom. “Crisp, confident . . . Rasmussen tells this story with verve.” —John Stauffer, The Wall Street Journal “Breathtaking. . . . [A] fascinating narrative of slavery and resistance [that] tells us something about history itself—about how fiction can become fact, and how ‘history’ is sometimes nothing more than erasure.” —Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

The Politics Book
The Politics Book

Author: DK

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2015-03-02

Total Pages: 729

ISBN-13: 1465441077

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Learn about how the world of government and power works in The Politics Book. Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Politics in this overview guide to the subject, great for novices looking to find out more and experts wishing to refresh their knowledge alike! The Politics Book brings a fresh and vibrant take on the topic through eye-catching graphics and diagrams to immerse yourself in. This captivating book will broaden your understanding of Politics, with: - More than 100 groundbreaking ideas in the history of political thought - Packed with facts, charts, timelines and graphs to help explain core concepts - A visual approach to big subjects with striking illustrations and graphics throughout - Easy to follow text makes topics accessible for people at any level of understanding The Politics Book is a captivating introduction to the world's greatest thinkers and their political big ideas that continue to shape our lives today, aimed at adults with an interest in the subject and students wanting to gain more of an overview. Delve into the development of long-running themes, like attitudes to democracy and violence, developed by thinkers from Confucius in ancient China to Mahatma Gandhi in 20th-century India, all through exciting text and bold graphics. Your Politics Questions, Simply Explained This engaging overview explores the big political ideas such as capitalism, communism, and fascism, exploring their beginnings and social contexts - and the political thinkers who have made significant contributions. If you thought it was difficult to learn about governing bodies and affairs, The Politics Book presents key information in a clear layout. Learn about the ideas of ancient and medieval philosophers and statesmen, as well as the key personalities of the 16th to the 21st centuries that have shaped political thinking, policy, and statecraft. The Big Ideas Series With millions of copies sold worldwide, The Politics Book is part of the award-winning Big Ideas series from DK. The series uses striking graphics along with engaging writing, making big topics easy to understand.

Publishing Blackness
Publishing Blackness

Author: George Hutchinson

Publisher: University of Michigan Press

Published: 2013-02-08

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 0472118633

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The first of its kind, this volume sets in dialogue African Americanist and textual scholarship, exploring a wide range of African American textual history and work

Testimonio
Testimonio

Author: John Beverley

Publisher: U of Minnesota Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 9780816628414

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These four germinal essays by John Beverley sparked the widespread discussion and debate surrounding testimonio--the socially and politically charged Latin American narrative of witnessing--that culminated, with David Stoll's highly publicized attack on Rigoberta Menchu's celebrated testimonial text. Challenging Hardt and Negri's "Empire, Beverley's extensive new introduction examines the broader historical, political, and ethical issues that this literature raises, tracing the development of testimonio from its emergence in the Cold War era to the rise of a globalized economy and of U.S. political hegemony. Informed by postcolonial studies and the current debate over multiculturalism and identity politics, "Testimonio reaches across disciplinary boundaries to show how this particular literature at once represents and enacts new forms of agency on the part of previously repressed social subjects, as well as its potential as a new form of "alliance politics" between those subjects and artists, scientists, teachers, and intellectuals in a variety of local, national, and international contexts.