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Author : Rebecca Jane Dobkins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (33 download)
Download or read book "Who Can Blame Slaves for Being Cunning?" written by Rebecca Jane Dobkins and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Harriet Ann Jacobs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl written by Harriet Ann Jacobs and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Geo Maher
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520379365
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)
Download or read book Anticolonial Eruptions written by Geo Maher and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2022-03-29 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This incisive study reveals the fundamental, paradoxical weakness of colonialism and the enduring power of anticolonial resistance. Resistance is everywhere, but everywhere a surprise, especially when the agents of struggle are the colonized, the enslaved, the wretched of the earth. Anticolonial revolts and slave rebellions have often been described by those in power as “eruptions”—volcanic shocks to a system that does not, cannot, see them coming. In Anticolonial Eruptions, Geo Maher diagnoses a paradoxical weakness built right into the foundations of white supremacist power, a colonial blind spot that grows as domination seems more complete. Anticolonial Eruptions argues that the colonizer’s weakness is rooted in dehumanization. When the oppressed and excluded rise up in explosive rebellion, with the very human demands for life and liberation, the powerful are ill-prepared. This colonial blind spot is, ironically, self-imposed: the more oppressive and expansive the colonial power, the lesser-than-human the colonized are believed to be, the greater the opportunity for resistance. Maher calls this paradox the cunning of decolonization, an unwitting reversal of the balance of power between the oppressor and the oppressed. Where colonial power asserts itself as unshakable, total, and perpetual, a blind spot provides strategic cover for revolutionary possibility; where race or gender make the colonized invisible, they organize, unseen. Anticolonial Eruptions shows that this fundamental weakness of colonialism is not a bug, but a permanent feature of the system, providing grounds for optimism in a contemporary moment roiled by global struggles for liberation.
Author : Solomon Northup
Publisher : Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2213 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)
Download or read book Slave Narratives Mega Collection. 18 of the Most Moving & Telling Memoirs. Illustrated written by Solomon Northup and published by Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing. This book was released on 2021-09-16 with total page 2213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Slavery in the United States lasted more than two centuries. The adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in December 1865 abolished slavery after the American Civil War. The first slaves were forcibly removed from Africa by British slave traders beginning in the early 1600s. Redoshi, later renamed Sally Smith, was the last surviving female slave brought to the U.S. from Africa. A Benoise war captive, she was illegally transported to the US (importing slaves having been outlawed 50 years prior). The last surviving male slave, Oluale Kossula (aka Cudjo Lewis), had been transported on the sale ship and was most likely part of the Yoruba people in Benin. The quality of a slave’s life depended completely on their master’s will. It was considered normal, for example, for masters to rape their slaves, who were considered their property. Slaves who escaped were branded, killed, or punished severely in other ways. Solomon Northup Twelve Years a Slave Booker T. Washington Up From Slavery Frederick Douglass From Slavery to Freedom Olaudah Equiano The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African Harriet Ann Jacobs Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Mary Prince The History of Mary Prince, A West Indian Slave Charles Ball Fifty Years in Chains Or, the Life of an American Slave Thomas H. Jones Experience and Personal Narrative of Uncle Tom Jones; Who Was for Forty Years a Slave Phillis Wheatley Religious and Moral Poems William H. Robinson From Log Cabin to the Pulpit, or, Fifteen Years in Slavery Louis Hughes Thirty Years A Slave Elizabeth Keckley Behind the Scenes Josiah Henson The Life of Josiah Henson Old Elizabeth Memoir of Old Elizabeth, A Coloured Woman Annie L. Burton Memories of Childhood's Slavery Days Lucy A. Delaney From the Darkness Cometh the Light, or Struggles for Freedom Lunsford Lane The Narrative of Lunsford Lane, Formerly of Raleigh, N.C. L. S. Thompson The Story of Mattie J. Jackson
Author : Harriet Jacobs
Publisher : e-artnow
ISBN 13 : 802687305X
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (268 download)
Download or read book Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Voices From The Past Series) written by Harriet Jacobs and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2017-01-16 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully crafted ebook: "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Voices From The Past Series)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Excerpt: "Reader be assured this narrative is no fiction. I am aware that some of my adventures may seem incredible; but they are, nevertheless, strictly true. I have not exaggerated the wrongs inflicted by Slavery; on the contrary, my descriptions fall far short of the facts. I have concealed the names of places, and given persons fictitious names. I had no motive for secrecy on my own account, but I deemed it kind and considerate towards others to pursue this course...." "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" was one of the first books to address the struggle for freedom by female slaves; explore their struggles with sexual harassment and abuse; and their effort to protect their roles as women and mothers. After being overshadowed by the Civil War, the novel was rediscovered in the late 20th century and since then hasn't been out of print ever. It is one of the seminal books written on the theme of slavery from a woman's point of view and appreciated worldwide academically as well. Harriet Jacobs (1813–1897) was an African-American writer who was formerly a fugitive slave. To save her family and her own identity from being found out, she used the pseudonym of Linda Brent and wrote secretly during the night.
Author : Harriet Jacobs
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451685696
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)
Download or read book Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl written by Harriet Jacobs and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harriet Jacobs's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is one of the most compelling accounts of slavery and one of the most unique of the one hundred or so slave narratives—mostly written by men—published before the Civil War. The child and grandchild of slaves—and therefore forbidden by law to read and write—Harriet Jacobs was defiant in her efforts to gain freedom and to document her experience in bondage. She suffered physical and sexual abuse at the hands of her master at the age of eleven. In 1842, she fled North and joined a circle of abolitionists that worked for Frederick Douglass's newspaper. In 1863, she and her daughter moved to Alexandria, Virginia, where they organized medical care for Civil War victims and established the Jacobs Free School.
Author : Harriet A. Jacobs
Publisher : Aegitas
ISBN 13 : 0369411463
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (694 download)
Download or read book Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl written by Harriet A. Jacobs and published by Aegitas. This book was released on 2024-06-27 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Life of a Slave Girl" is an autobiographical novel written by Harriet Jacobs, chronicling her life as a slave and her eventual escape to freedom. Published in 1861, it is one of the first personal narratives written by a former female slave, offering a unique perspective on the brutal realities of slavery and the struggles faced by women in this oppressive system. The book begins with a detailed account of Harriet's childhood, growing up as a slave in North Carolina. She describes the happy moments of her early years, but also the constant fear and uncertainty that came with being owned by another person. Harriet reveals the harshness of her master, Dr. Flint, who relentlessly pursued her for sexual favors, leading her to seek refuge in a secret relationship with a white man. This relationship gives her two children, but also puts her in a vulnerable position as she feared that Dr. Flint would use them as leverage to control her. In a desperate attempt to escape the oppressive environment and protect her children, Harriet flees to the North and becomes a fugitive slave. She hides in a cramped attic for seven years, constantly fearing for her safety and the safety of her children. During this time, she struggles with poverty and discrimination, but also experiences the joy of being free and the hope of a better future. However, Harriet's story takes a dark turn when Dr. Flint catches up to her and attempts to bring her back into slavery. In a heart-wrenching decision, she is forced to send her children away to protect them, knowing that she may never see them again. Through her resilience and determination, Harriet eventually makes her way to the North, where she is reunited with her children and able to live as a free woman. Throughout the book, Harriet exposes the brutal and dehumanizing realities of slavery, particularly for women. She vividly describes the physical and sexual abuse she endured, as well as the emotional toll it took on her. She also sheds light on the ways in which female slaves were used and exploited by their masters, often being forced into sexual relationships and bearing children who were still considered property. In addition to her personal experiences, Harriet also speaks out against the institution of slavery as a whole. She reveals the hypocrisy of Christian slaveholders who justify their actions with religion and the irony of a country founded on the principles of freedom and equality still allowing the ownership and mistreatment of human beings. "Life of a Slave Girl" is not only a powerful memoir of one woman's journey to freedom, but also a powerful commentary on the horrors of slavery and the resilience of the human spirit. Harriet Jacobs' brave and honest account serves as a reminder of the injustices of the past and the ongoing fight for equality and social justice. It is a must-read for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the complex and painful history of slavery in America.
Author : Harriet Jacobs
Publisher : BookRix
ISBN 13 : 3736816715
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (368 download)
Download or read book The Life of a Slave Girl written by Harriet Jacobs and published by BookRix. This book was released on 2019-05-22 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I was born a slave; but I never knew it till six years of happy childhood had passed away. My father was a carpenter, and considered so intelligent and skilful in his trade, that, when buildings out of the common line were to be erected, he was sent for from long distances, to be head workman. On condition of paying his mistress two hundred dollars a year, and supporting himself, he was allowed to work at his trade, and manage his own affairs. His strongest wish was to purchase his children; but, though he several times offered his hard earnings for that purpose, he never succeeded. In complexion my parents were a light shade of brownish yellow, and were termed mulattoes. They lived together in a comfortable home; and, though we were all slaves, I was so fondly shielded that I never dreamed I was a piece of merchandise, trusted to them for safe keeping, and liable to be demanded of them at any moment. I had one brother, William, who was two years younger than myself—a bright, affectionate child. Such were the unusually fortunate circumstances of my early childhood. When I was six years old, my mother died; and then, for the first time, I learned, by the talk around me, that I was a slave. My mother's mistress was the daughter of my grandmother's mistress. She was the foster sister of my mother; they were both nourished at my grandmother's breast. In fact, my mother had been weaned at three months old, that the babe of the mistress might obtain sufficient food. They played together as children; and, when they became women, my mother was a most faithful servant to her whiter foster sister. On her death-bed her mistress promised that her children should never suffer for any thing; and during her lifetime she kept her word. They all spoke kindly of my dead mother, who had been a slave merely in name, but in nature was noble and womanly. Reader, my story ends with freedom; not in the usual way, with marriage. I and my children are now free! We are as free from the power of slaveholders as are the white people of the north; and though that, according to my ideas, is not saying a great deal, it is a vast improvement in my condition. The dream of my life is not yet realized. I do not sit with my children in a home of my own, I still long for a hearthstone of my own, however humble. I wish it for my children's sake far more than for my own. But God so orders circumstances as to keep me with my friend Mrs. Bruce. Love, duty, gratitude, also bind me to her side. It is a privilege to serve her who pities my oppressed people, and who has bestowed the inestimable boon of freedom on me and my children. It has been painful to me, in many ways, to recall the dreary years I passed in bondage. I would gladly forget them if I could. Yet the retrospection is not altogether without solace; for with those gloomy recollections come tender memories of my good old grandmother, like light, fleecy clouds floating over a dark and troubled sea.
Author : Yuval Taylor
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 1613742088
Total Pages : 832 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (137 download)
Download or read book I Was Born a Slave written by Yuval Taylor and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 1999-03-01 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1760 and 1902, more than 200 book-length autobiographies of ex-slaves were published; together they form the basis for all subsequent African American literature. I Was Born a Slave collects the 20 most significant &“slave narratives.&” They describe whippings, torture, starvation, resistance, and hairbreadth escapes; slave auctions, kidnappings, and murders; sexual abuse, religious confusion, the struggle of learning to read and write; and the triumphs and difficulties of life as free men and women. Many of the narratives—such as those of Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs—have achieved reputations as masterpieces; but some of the lesser-known narratives are equally brilliant. This unprecedented anthology presents them unabridged, providing each one with helpful introductions and annotations, to form the most comprehensive volume ever assembled on the lives and writings of the slaves. Volume Two (1849&–1866) includes the narratives of Henry Bibb, James W. C. Pennington, Solomon Northup, John Brown, John Thompson, William and Ellen Craft, Harriet Jacobs (Linda Brent), Jacob D. Green, James Mars, and William Parker.
Author : Harriet Ann Jacobs
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1632209314
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (322 download)
Download or read book Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl written by Harriet Ann Jacobs and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-06-23 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After hiding in her grandmother’s attic for seven years, Harriet Ann Jacobs was finally able to escape servitude—and her master’s sexual abuse—when she fled to the North. Once there, she became a very active abolitionist, and her correspondence with Harriet Beecher Stowe inspired her to write Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl about her years as a slave. She published the narrative in 1861 under the pseudonym Linda Brent, and the book was written as a novel with fictionalized characters to protect Jacobs from retribution by her former owners. (Dr. Flint, i.e., the real Dr. James Norcom, is Linda Brent’s master in the novel.) The story emphasized certain negative aspects of slavery—especially the struggles of female slaves under sexually abusive masters, cruel mistresses, and the sale of their children—in order to play on the sympathies of white middle-class women in the North. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl was published at the beginning of the American Civil War. It contributed to the Union’s and abolitionists’ war effort, but is today seen as an important first-hand account from an escaped slave woman and an important abolitionist. After the Civil War, Jacobs continued to support the African-American cause, particularly education, until her death in 1897. Skyhorse Publishing, along with our Arcade, Good Books, Sports Publishing, and Yucca imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs. Our list includes biographies on well-known historical figures like Benjamin Franklin, Nelson Mandela, and Alexander Graham Bell, as well as villains from history, such as Heinrich Himmler, John Wayne Gacy, and O. J. Simpson. We have also published survivor stories of World War II, memoirs about overcoming adversity, first-hand tales of adventure, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
Author : Harriet Jacobs
Publisher : Lebooks Editora
ISBN 13 : 6558945657
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (589 download)
Download or read book Harriet Jacobs - Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl written by Harriet Jacobs and published by Lebooks Editora. This book was released on 2024-07-02 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" was one of the several works written by Harriet Jacobs in her lifetime and was published in 1861. This work is a powerful and revealing autobiography in which Jacobs narrates her journey from slavery to freedom, offering an intimate and profound view of her life and the conditions faced by enslaved women in the United States. Over time, various biographies have been written and continue to be written about this iconic abolitionist and writer, with increasing quality and scope. However, to understand the thoughts and character of a real person, there is nothing better than hearing the story with all its circumstances, mistakes, and successes told by the one who lived it firsthand. This is the purpose of Harriet Jacobs's autobiography: to bring to the public the determined and visionary woman who, through her perseverance and courage, became one of the most influential voices in the fight against slavery and for the rights of African Americans. This work is part of the "Voices of America" collection, which aims to highlight the life stories of important figures in American history, told by themselves.
Author : Linda Brent
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 162558637X
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (255 download)
Download or read book Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl written by Linda Brent and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-02-18 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is one of the few slave narratives written by a women. Slavery is a terrible thing, but it is far more terrible and harrowing for women than for men. Harriet Jacobs was owned by a brutal master who beat his slaves regularly and subjected them to indignations that were far worse. Jacobs eventually escaped her master and moved to a northern state. Though she was unable to take her children with her at the time they were later reunited. Read her powerful and compelling story.
Author : Linda Brent
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. Written by herself ... Edited by L. Maria Child written by Linda Brent and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Author : Harriet Jacobs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 668 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (6 download)
Download or read book The deeper wrong; or, Incidents in the life of a slave girl, written by herself [signed Linda Brent] ed. by L.M. Child written by Harriet Jacobs and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Linda Brent - Harriet Ann Jacobs
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1329817443
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (298 download)
Download or read book Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl written by Linda Brent - Harriet Ann Jacobs and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-01-08 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reader be assured this narrative is no fiction. I am aware that some of my adventures may seem incredible; but they are, nevertheless, strictly true. I have not exaggerated the wrongs inflicted by Slavery; on the contrary, my descriptions fall far short of the facts. I have concealed the names of places, and given persons fictitious names. I had no motive for secrecy on my own account, but I deemed it kind and considerate towards others to pursue this course. ""I wish I were more competent to the task I have undertaken. But I trust my readers will excuse deficiencies in consideration of circumstances. I was born and reared in Slavery; and I remained in a Slave State twenty-seven years.""
Author : William L. Andrews
Publisher : Library of America
ISBN 13 : 9781883011765
Total Pages : 1066 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (117 download)
Download or read book Slave Narratives (LOA #114) written by William L. Andrews and published by Library of America. This book was released on 2000-01-15 with total page 1066 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ten works collected in this volume demonstrate how a diverse group of writers challenged the conscience of a nation and laid the foundations of the African American literary tradition by expressing their in anger, pain, sorrow, and courage. Included in the volume: Narrative of the Most Remarkable Particulars in the Life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw; Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano; The Confessions of Nat Turner; Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass; Narrative of William W. Brown; Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb; Narrative of Sojouner Truth; Ellen and William Craft's Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom; Harriet Jacobs' Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl and Narrative of the Life of J. D.Green. LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America’s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.
Author : Frances Smith Foster
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN 13 : 9780299142148
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (421 download)
Download or read book Witnessing Slavery written by Frances Smith Foster and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **** New edition of the Greenwood Press original of 1979 (which is cited in BCL3), with a new introduction, chapter, and a supplementary bibliography. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
