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Restavec

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Author : Jean-Robert Cadet
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2009-09-15

Restavec written by Jean-Robert Cadet and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

This inspiring memoir recounts a man’s harrowing journey from unpaid child labor in Haiti to a successful life in the United States. African slaves in Haiti emancipated themselves from French rule in 1804 and created the first independent black republic in the Western Hemisphere. But they reinstituted slavery for the most vulnerable members of Haitian society—the children of the poor—by using them as unpaid servants to the wealthy. These children were—and still are—restavecs, a French term whose literal meaning of "staying with" disguises the unremitting labor, abuse, and denial of education that characterizes the children's lives. In this memoir, Jean-Robert Cadet recounts the harrowing story of his youth as a restavec, as well as his inspiring climb to middle-class American life. He vividly describes what it was like to be an unwanted illegitimate child "staying with" a well-to-do family whose physical and emotional abuse was sanctioned by Haitian society. He also details his subsequent life in the United States, where, despite American racism, he put himself through college and found success in the Army, in business, and finally in teaching.

Restavec

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Author : Jean-Robert Cadet
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2009-09-15

Restavec written by Jean-Robert Cadet and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

This inspiring memoir recounts a man’s harrowing journey from unpaid child labor in Haiti to a successful life in the United States. African slaves in Haiti emancipated themselves from French rule in 1804 and created the first independent black republic in the Western Hemisphere. But they reinstituted slavery for the most vulnerable members of Haitian society—the children of the poor—by using them as unpaid servants to the wealthy. These children were—and still are—restavecs, a French term whose literal meaning of "staying with" disguises the unremitting labor, abuse, and denial of education that characterizes the children's lives. In this memoir, Jean-Robert Cadet recounts the harrowing story of his youth as a restavec, as well as his inspiring climb to middle-class American life. He vividly describes what it was like to be an unwanted illegitimate child "staying with" a well-to-do family whose physical and emotional abuse was sanctioned by Haitian society. He also details his subsequent life in the United States, where, despite American racism, he put himself through college and found success in the Army, in business, and finally in teaching.

My Stone Of Hope

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Author : Jean-Robert Cadet
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2011-10-15

My Stone Of Hope written by Jean-Robert Cadet and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-15 with History categories.

Cadet tells the story of his youth as a restavek, a practice of using children as unpaid and uneducated domestic workers often subjected to physical, emotional, and sexual abuse. He is an advocate for these children and argues that the practice has created damaged adults incapable of participating in a productive economy--From P. [4] of cover.

World Of Work

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003

World Of Work written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Labor categories.

Childhood Autobiography And The Francophone Caribbean

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Author : Louise Hardwick
language : en
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Release Date : 2013-04-04

Childhood Autobiography And The Francophone Caribbean written by Louise Hardwick and has been published by Liverpool University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-04 with Literary Criticism categories.

This book explores a major modern turn in Francophone Caribbean literature towards récits d’enfance (narratives of childhood) and asks why this occurred post-1990.

Maximum Insight

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Author : Bill Maxwell
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Release Date : 2021-05-11

Maximum Insight written by Bill Maxwell and has been published by University Press of Florida this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-11 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

"One of the most distinctive and independent voices in American journalism . . . a voice that can inspire and infuriate . . . a voice that must not be ignored, especially if we Americans hope to create in this next century something that looks vaguely like a multi-racial, multi-ethnic democracy."--Roy Peter Clark, Poynter Institute, St. Petersburg "Maxwell’s level of erudition is unusual among columnists . . . he often alludes to history, philosophy, literature, and the social sciences as he puts the news of the day into context."--Sam G. Riley, professor of communication studies, Virginia Polytechnic Institute "An original and significant contribution to the literature of journalism and Florida culture."--Jay Black, Poynter-Jamison Chair in Media Ethics, University of South Florida With syndication in more than 200 newspapers and a faithful readership nationwide, Bill Maxwell’s status as one of the country’s preeminent black journalists is unquestionable. This collection of his columns, primarily from the St. Petersburg Times, forms a body of commentary on humanity (and lack of same) that will capture the hearts and minds of Americans. Maxwell covers a sweeping range of subjects, including race—a central but not exclusive theme. He asks hard questions that courageously attempt to understand hatred and injustice in America; and he takes on controversial issues many columnists avoid and a wide spectrum of national figures—from Jeb, George W. and Clarence Thomas to the Pope and Jesse Jackson. Maxwell writes movingly about his childhood as the son of migrant farm workers in rural Florida, his love of books—beginning with those plucked from garbage cans—and his everyday encounters with the white world and the black one. With a voice that is provocative and insights that are deep and passionate, he tackles the plight of migrant workers, the devastation of the environment, religious intolerance, homophobia, affirmative action, illiteracy, public education, civic responsibility, politics—and racism. He criticizes blacks and whites alike in his search for truth and right, especially in his exploration of what he calls “resurgent bigotry and Republicanism” and “the black writer’s most agonizing task—and duty—being dispassionate about the foibles and self-destructive behavior of African-Americans.” Setting a standard for the newspaper column as social criticism, Maximum Insight illuminates the role of the black writer as an interpreter of the forces that define a diverse America. Bill Maxwell writes a twice-weekly column for the St. Petersburg Times. Syndicated by the New York Times News Service and by Scripps-Howard, his columns appear in 200 newspapers worldwide and have received many writing awards, including the Florida Press Club’s plaque for general excellence in commentary twice in and the Community Champion Award from the American Trial Lawyers Association.

The Luckiest Man

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Author : Gerard Germain
language : en
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
Release Date : 2020-02-06

The Luckiest Man written by Gerard Germain and has been published by Page Publishing Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-06 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

The must-read Luckiest Man Who Grew up in an Engineered and Manufactured Poverty is the story of a little boy who grew up in one of the world's poorest countries and made an incredible journey to the top of the world. It's a tale of the endless barriers and obstacles he had to encounter on his way to the apex. With a mind so focused on moving forward, he remained positive through it all, so much so that it wasn't until he overcame his obstacles that he realized they even existed. If you are looking for motivation on life's journey, look no further than the Luckiest Man Who Grew up in an Engineered and Manufactured Poverty.

Postcolonial Slavery

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Author : Charlotte Baker
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2009-10-02

Postcolonial Slavery written by Charlotte Baker and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-02 with Literary Criticism categories.

This collection of eight essays by research students and academics from the UK, France, Germany and the USA examining different forms and manifestations of postcolonial slavery underlines the significance of the year 2007, marking the bicentennial anniversary of the passage of the British law banning the slave trade. Slavery and its legacies galvanized a diachronic series of ethnic crossings and transformations that engendered new and complex patterns of crosscultural contact. And the importance of communities of runaway slaves can scarcely be overstated as a symbol of an insistent black resistance and self-affirmation. But in bringing the material realities of slavery to the forefront of the imagination, this volume also highlights the marginalization of British and French colonial practices in institutionalized frameworks of historical knowledge. Actively contesting the related traumas of transplantation, the middle passage, and the fracturing of the collective memory, and drawing actively on a wide range of approaches and perspectives, this collection seeks to reinscribe a material historical consciousness of slavery and its legacies through a strategic interaction between history, subjectivity, and representation. —H. Adlai Murdoch, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Survivors Of Slavery

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Author : Laura T. Murphy
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2014-03-25

Survivors Of Slavery written by Laura T. Murphy and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-25 with Social Science categories.

Slavery is not a crime confined to the far reaches of history. It is an injustice that continues to entrap twenty-seven million people across the globe. Laura Murphy offers close to forty survivor narratives from Cambodia, Ghana, Lebanon, Macedonia, Mexico, Russia, Thailand, Ukraine, and the United States, detailing the horrors of a system that forces people to work without pay and against their will, under the threat of violence, with little or no means of escape. Representing a variety of circumstances in diverse contexts, these survivors are the Frederick Douglasses, Sojourner Truths, and Olaudah Equianos of our time, testifying to the widespread existence of a human rights tragedy and the urgent need to address it. Through storytelling and firsthand testimony, this anthology shapes a twenty-first-century narrative that many believe died with the end of slavery in the Americas. Organized around such issues as the need for work, the punishment of defiance, and the move toward activism, the collection isolates the causes, mechanisms, and responses to slavery that allow the phenomenon to endure. Enhancing scholarship in women's studies, sociology, criminology, law, social work, and literary studies, the text establishes a common trajectory of vulnerability, enslavement, captivity, escape, and recovery, creating an invaluable resource for activists, scholars, legislators, and service providers.

The Role Of International Law In The Elimination Of Child Labor

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Author : Holly Cullen
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2007

The Role Of International Law In The Elimination Of Child Labor written by Holly Cullen and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Law categories.

Offering a contribution to the debates on child labor, this book presents child labor as a problem to which various branches of international law have made a response. It treats a range of international law sub-disciplines, and analyses child labor in the context of social, economic and cultural issues.