Testimony Of An Irish Slave Girl

Author : Kate McCafferty
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101176822
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Testimony of an Irish Slave Girl written by Kate McCafferty and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2003-01-28 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kidnapped from Galway, Ireland, as a young girl, shipped to Barbados, and forced to work the land alongside African slaves, Cot Daley's life has been shaped by injustice. In this stunning debut novel, Kate McCafferty re-creates, through Cot's story, the history of the more than fifty thousand Irish who were sold as indentured servants to Caribbean plantation owners during the seventeenth century. As Cot tells her story-the brutal journey to Barbados, the harrowing years of fieldwork on the sugarcane plantations, her marriage to an African slave and rebel leader, and the fate of her children—her testimony reveals an exceptional woman's astonishing life.

Author : Harriet Ann Jacobs
Publisher : Schomburg Library of Nineteenth-Century Black Women Writers
ISBN 13 : 9780195066708
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl written by Harriet Ann Jacobs and published by Schomburg Library of Nineteenth-Century Black Women Writers. This book was released on 1990 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Linda Brent, the book's heroine and narrator, Harriet Jacobs recounts the history of her family and recalls the degradation of slavery.

Author : Harriet Ann Jacobs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781523255924
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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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 2016-01-05 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1861, the same year the Civil War swallowed up the nation, here is a compelling autobiographical account written by an African slave who endured tremendous odds in pursuit of her freedom. Harriet Jacobs (1813-1897) delivers a powerful testimony and a candid look at what Southern slavery was truly like for many slaves toiling endlessly on plantations under tyrannical masters and apart from beloved family members. Read about her undaunted courage and tireless faith as she journeyed from a life of perpetual servitude in North Carolina to failed escape attempts to eventual freedom and reunion with her children in the safety of the Free states in the North. Here is a firsthand account of one woman's courageous struggle and determination to endure against all odds. Her story is a must-read and represents a valuable lesson for enduring unfathomable trials and overcoming great odds to achieve freedom with her family.

Author : Daniel O'Connell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Daniel O'Connell Upon American Slavery written by Daniel O'Connell and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Finola O'Kane
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526150980
Total Pages : 533 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ireland, slavery and the Caribbean written by Finola O'Kane and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2023-03-07 with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ireland, slavery and the Caribbean is a complex and ground-breaking collection of essays. Grounded in history, it integrates perspectives from art historians, architectural and landscape historians, and literary scholars to produce a genuinely interdisciplinary collection that spans from 1620-1830: the high point of European colonialism. By exploring imperial, national and familial relationships from their building blocks of plantation, migration, property and trade, it finds new ways to re-create and question how slavery made the Atlantic world.

Author : Julia Straub
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110376733
Total Pages : 632 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Transatlantic North American Studies written by Julia Straub and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2016-05-10 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transatlantic literary studies have provided important new perspectives on North American, British and Irish literature. They have led to a revision of literary history and the idea of a national literature. They have changed the perception of the Anglo-American literary market and its many processes of transatlantic production, distribution, reception and criticism. Rather than dwelling on comparisons or engaging with the notion of ‘influence,’ transatlantic literary studies seek to understand North American, British and Irish literature as linked with each other by virtue of multi-layered historical and cultural ties and pay special attention to the many refractions and mutual interferences that have characterized these traditions since colonial times. This handbook brings together articles that summarize some of the crucial transatlantic concepts, debates and topics. The contributions contained in this volume examine periods in literary and cultural history, literary movements, individual authors as well as genres from a transatlantic perspective, combining theoretical insight with textual analysis.

Author : Isabelle McEwan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781502338518
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Case of Mary Gilmore written by Isabelle McEwan and published by . This book was released on 2014-09-10 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Case of Mary Gilmore tells the true story of an alleged fugitive slave from Maryland, Mary Gilmore who was arrested in Philadelphia when she was a teenager for being a runaway slave. Her parents were impoverished Irish immigrants. Her father had abandoned the family. Her mother had died an alcoholic in a Philadelphia hospital. As an infant, Mary had been taken in and raised by a prosperous African American family who owned a bakery in Philadelphia, which, perhaps explains why slave catchers attempted to enslave her. Nowhere is any mention made of Mary Gilmore's having any physical characteristics attributed to African Americans. Rather, she was part of an African American family, was therefore assumed to be African American, and thus became a target for kidnapping and enslavement by slave catchers in the 1800's. The mere fact that she was an Irish immigrant and was taken in as a child by an African American family in 1835 is a story in and of itself. The fact that she was then kidnapped and tried as a runaway slave is astounding and was the story of its time. Through years of research in newspapers, historical institutions, and libraries, finally Mary Gilmore's story has come to light.

Author : John Bailey
Publisher : Atlantic Monthly Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lost German Slave Girl written by John Bailey and published by Atlantic Monthly Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This true story is about Salome Müller, a German immigrant girl who was lost to her family in the early 1800s and sold into slavery and the struggle for her freedom that led to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Author : John Bailey
Publisher : Pan MacMillan
ISBN 13 : 9780732911928
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lost German Slave Girl written by John Bailey and published by Pan MacMillan. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historical narrative based in 19th century America, about the battle to free an enslaved German girl. In 1843 New Orleans, Madame Carl recognises the daughter of her closest friend who she last saw 25 years ago. The young woman is the slave of a Frenchman owner of a nearby caberet. Narrative examines slavery laws during the 19th century, describes the court room drama surrounding the case, and offers a portrait of a young woman in pursuit of freedom. Includes endnotes. Author is winner of the NSW Premier's Award for History, and the WA Premier's Literary Award for Non-fiction. He has previously written 'The White Divers of Broome'.

Author : Kate Drumgoold
Publisher : IndyPublish.com
ISBN 13 : 9781435363618
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Slave Girl's Story written by Kate Drumgoold and published by IndyPublish.com. This book was released on 2007-10-01 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: