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Author | : Miguel Barnet |
Publisher | : Northwestern University Press |
Total Pages | : 238 |
Release | : 2016-04-15 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0810133423 |
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Fiftieth Anniversary Edition Originally published in 1966, Miguel Barnet’s Biography of a Runaway Slave provides the written history of the life of Esteban Montejo, who lived as a slave, as a fugitive in the wilderness, and as a soldier fighting against Spain in the Cuban War of Independence. A new introduction by one of the most preeminent Afro-Hispanic scholars, William Luis, situates Barnet’s ethnographic strategy and lyrical narrative style as foundational for the tradition of testimonial fiction in Latin American literature. Barnet recorded his interviews with the 103-year-old Montejo at the onset of the Cuban Revolution. This insurgent’s history allows the reader into the folklore and cultural history of Afro-Cubans before and after the abolition of slavery. The book serves as an important contribution to the archive of black experience in Cuba and as a reminder of the many ways that the present continues to echo the past.
Author | : Esteban Montejo |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
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Documentair verhaal gebaseerd op de orale getuigenis van een ex-slaaf over zijn leven voor de afschaffing van de slavernij, ervaringen als weggelopen slaaf, het leven op de plantage als een vrij man en het leven als soldaat tijdens de Cubaanse onafhankelijkheidsoorlog na 1895.
Author | : Brown |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 266 |
Release | : 1855 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Erica Armstrong Dunbar |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2017-02-07 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1501126431 |
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A startling and eye-opening look into America’s First Family, Never Caught is the powerful story about a daring woman of “extraordinary grit” (The Philadelphia Inquirer). When George Washington was elected president, he reluctantly left behind his beloved Mount Vernon to serve in Philadelphia, the temporary seat of the nation’s capital. In setting up his household he brought along nine slaves, including Ona Judge. As the President grew accustomed to Northern ways, there was one change he couldn’t abide: Pennsylvania law required enslaved people be set free after six months of residency in the state. Rather than comply, Washington decided to circumvent the law. Every six months he sent the slaves back down south just as the clock was about to expire. Though Ona Judge lived a life of relative comfort, she was denied freedom. So, when the opportunity presented itself one clear and pleasant spring day in Philadelphia, Judge left everything she knew to escape to New England. Yet freedom would not come without its costs. At just twenty-two-years-old, Ona became the subject of an intense manhunt led by George Washington, who used his political and personal contacts to recapture his property. “A crisp and compulsively readable feat of research and storytelling” (USA TODAY), historian and National Book Award finalist Erica Armstrong Dunbar weaves a powerful tale and offers fascinating new scholarship on how one young woman risked everything to gain freedom from the famous founding father and most powerful man in the United States at the time.
Author | : Esteban Montejo |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 223 |
Release | : 1968 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Erica Armstrong Dunbar |
Publisher | : Aladdin |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2020-08-18 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1534416188 |
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“A brilliant work of US history.” —School Library Journal (starred review) “Gripping.” —BCCB (starred review) “Accessible…Necessary.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) A National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction, Never Caught is the eye-opening narrative of Ona Judge, George and Martha Washington’s runaway slave, who risked everything for a better life—now available as a young reader’s edition! In this incredible narrative, Erica Armstrong Dunbar reveals a fascinating and heartbreaking behind-the-scenes look at the Washingtons when they were the First Family—and an in-depth look at their slave, Ona Judge, who dared to escape from one of the nation’s Founding Fathers. Born into a life of slavery, Ona Judge eventually grew up to be George and Martha Washington’s “favored” dower slave. When she was told that she was going to be given as a wedding gift to Martha Washington’s granddaughter, Ona made the bold and brave decision to flee to the north, where she would be a fugitive. From her childhood, to her time with the Washingtons and living in the slave quarters, to her escape to New Hampshire, Erica Armstrong Dunbar, along with Kathleen Van Cleve, shares an intimate glimpse into the life of a little-known, but powerful figure in history, and her brave journey as she fled the most powerful couple in the country.
Author | : J.D Green |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 46 |
Release | : 2020-07-17 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 3752308400 |
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Author | : Esteban Montejo |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Cuba |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Ray Anthony Shepard |
Publisher | : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) |
Total Pages | : 23 |
Release | : 2021-01-05 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 0374389225 |
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A powerful poem about Ona Judge's life and her self-emancipation from George Washington’s household. Ona Judge was enslaved by the Washingtons, and served the President's wife, Martha. Ona was widely known for her excellent skills as a seamstress, and was raised alongside Washington’s grandchildren. Indeed, she was frequently mistaken for his granddaughter. This poetic biography follows her childhood and adolescence until she decides to run away. Author Ray Anthony Shepard welcomes meaningful and necessary conversation among young readers about the horrors of slavery and the experience of house servants through call-and-response style lines. Illustrator Keith Mallett’s rich paintings include fabric collage and add further feeling and majesty to Ona’s daring escape. With extensive backmatter, this poem may serve as a new introduction to American slavery and Ona Judge's legacy.
Author | : John Thompson |
Publisher | : Franklin Classics |
Total Pages | : 148 |
Release | : 2018-10-13 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780342810284 |
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