Thompson in Africa
Thompson in Africa

Author: George Thompson

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-04-12

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 9780259171638

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Excerpt from Thompson in Africa: Or an Account of the Missionary Labors, Sufferings, Travels, Observations, &C., Of George Thompson in Western Africa at the Mendi Mission I will instruct thee, and teach thee In the way which thou shalt go, I will guide thee with mine eye.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Smell of Slavery
The Smell of Slavery

Author: Andrew Kettler

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2020-05-28

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 1108490735

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Slavery, capitalism, and colonialism were understood as racially justified through false olfactory perceptions of African bodies throughout the Atlantic World.

Amistad's Orphans
Amistad's Orphans

Author: Benjamin Nicholas Lawrance

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2015-01-28

Total Pages: 373

ISBN-13: 0300210434

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The lives of six African children, ages nine to sixteen, were forever altered by the revolt aboard the Cuban schooner La Amistad in 1839. Like their adult companions, all were captured in Africa and illegally sold as slaves. In this fascinating revisionist history, Benjamin N. Lawrance reconstructs six entwined stories and brings them to the forefront of the Amistad conflict. Through eyewitness testimonies, court records, and the children’s own letters, Lawrance recounts how their lives were inextricably interwoven by the historic drama, and casts new light on illegal nineteenth-century transatlantic slave smuggling.

The Amistad Rebellion
The Amistad Rebellion

Author: Marcus Rediker

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2013-11-26

Total Pages: 319

ISBN-13: 014312398X

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"Vividly drawn . . . this stunning book honors the achievement of the captive Africans who fought for—and won—their freedom.”—The Philadelphia Tribune A unique account of the most successful slave rebellion in American history, now updated with a new epilogue—from the award-winning author of The Slave Ship In this powerful and highly original account, Marcus Rediker reclaims the Amistad rebellion for its true proponents: the enslaved Africans who risked death to stake a claim for freedom. Using newly discovered evidence and featuring vividly drawn portraits of the rebels, their captors, and their abolitionist allies, Rediker reframes the story to show how a small group of courageous men fought and won an epic battle against Spanish and American slaveholders and their governments. The successful Amistad rebellion changed the very nature of the struggle against slavery. As a handful of self-emancipated Africans steered their own course for freedom, they opened a way for millions to follow. This edition includes a new epilogue about the author's trip to Sierra Leona to search for Lomboko, the slave-trading factory where the Amistad Africans were incarcerated, and other relics and connections to the Amistad rebellion, especially living local memory of the uprising and the people who made it.

Runaway and Freed Missouri Slaves and Those Who Helped Them, 1763-1865
Runaway and Freed Missouri Slaves and Those Who Helped Them, 1763-1865

Author: Harriet C. Frazier

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2004-01-01

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780786418299

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From the beginning of French rule of Missouri in 1720 through this state's abolition of slavery in 1865, liberty was always the goal of the vast majority of its enslaved people. The presence in eastern Kansas of a host of abolitionists from New England made slaveholding risky business. Many religiously devout persons were imprisoned in Missouri for "slave stealing." Based largely on old newspapers, prison records, pardon papers, and other archival materials, this book is an account of the legal and physical obstacles that slaves faced in their quest for freedom and of the consequences suffered by persons who tried to help them. Attitudes of both slave holders and abolitionists are examined, as is the institution's protection in both the Articles of Confederation and the U.S. Constitution. The book discusses the experiences of particular individuals and examines the Underground Railroad on Missouri's borders. Appendices provide details from two Spanish colonial census reports, a list of abolitionist prison inmates with details about their time served, and the percentages of African Americans still in bondage in 16 jurisdictions from 1820 to 1860.