Slave No More
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A Slave No More
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Author : David W. Blight
language : en
Publisher: HMH
Release Date : 2009-01-15
A Slave No More written by David W. Blight and has been published by HMH this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The newly discovered slave narratives of John Washington and Wallace Turnage—and their harrowing and empowering journey to emancipation. Slave narratives, among the most powerful records of our past, are extremely rare, with only fifty-five surviving post-Civil War. This book is a major new addition to this imperative part of American history—the firsthand accounts of two slaves, John Washington and Wallace Turnage, who through a combination of intelligence, daring, and sheer luck, reached the protection of the occupying Union troops and found emancipation. In A Slave No More, David W. Blight enriches the authentic narrative texts of these two young men using a wealth of genealogical information, handed down through family and friends. Blight has reconstructed their childhoods as sons of white slaveholders, their service as cooks and camp hands during the Civil War, and their struggle to stable lives among the black working class in the north, where they reunited their families. In the previously unpublished manuscripts of Turnage and Washington, we find history at its most intimate, portals that offer a startling new answer to the question of how four million people moved from slavery to liberty. Here are the untold stories of two extraordinary men whose stories, once thought lost, now take their place at the heart of the American experience—as Blight rightfully calls them, “heroes of a war within the war.” “These powerful memoirs reveal poignant, heroic, painful and inspiring lives.”—Publishers Weekly
Slave No More
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Author : Aline Helg
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
Slave No More written by Aline Helg and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with History categories.
Commanding a vast historiography of slavery and emancipation, Aline Helg reveals as never before how significant numbers of enslaved Africans across the entire Western Hemisphere managed to free themselves hundreds of years before the formation of white-run abolitionist movements. Her sweeping view of resistance and struggle covers more than three centuries, from early colonization to the American and Haitian revolutions, Spanish American independence, and abolition in the British Caribbean. Helg not only underscores the agency of those who managed to become "free people of color" before abolitionism took hold but also assesses in detail the specific strategies they created and utilized. While recognizing the powerful forces supporting slavery, Helg articulates four primary liberation strategies: flight and marronage; manumission by legal document; military service, for men, in exchange for promised emancipation; and revolt--along with a willingness to exploit any weakness in the domination system. Helg looks at such actions at both individual and community levels and in the context of national and international political movements. Bringing together the broad currents of liberal abolitionism with an original analysis of forms of manumission and marronage, Slave No More deepens our understanding of how enslaved men, women, and even children contributed to the slow demise of slavery.
Slave No More
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Author : Aline Helg
language : en
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Release Date : 2019-02-07
Slave No More written by Aline Helg and has been published by UNC Press Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-07 with History categories.
Commanding a vast historiography of slavery and emancipation, Aline Helg reveals as never before how significant numbers of enslaved Africans across the entire Western Hemisphere managed to free themselves hundreds of years before the formation of white-run abolitionist movements. Her sweeping view of resistance and struggle covers more than three centuries, from early colonization to the American and Haitian revolutions, Spanish American independence, and abolition in the British Caribbean. Helg not only underscores the agency of those who managed to become "free people of color" before abolitionism took hold but also assesses in detail the specific strategies they created and utilized. While recognizing the powerful forces supporting slavery, Helg articulates four primary liberation strategies: flight and marronage; manumission by legal document; military service, for men, in exchange for promised emancipation; and revolt—along with a willingness to exploit any weakness in the domination system. Helg looks at such actions at both individual and community levels and in the context of national and international political movements. Bringing together the broad currents of liberal abolitionism with an original analysis of forms of manumission and marronage, Slave No More deepens our understanding of how enslaved men, women, and even children contributed to the slow demise of slavery.
Slaves No More
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Author : Ira Berlin
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1992-11-27
Slaves No More written by Ira Berlin and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-11-27 with History categories.
Three essays present an introduction and history of the emancipation of the slaves during the Civil War.
Slave No More
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Author : James McGraw
language : en
Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Release Date : 2022-08-01
Slave No More written by James McGraw and has been published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This memoir was written from the heart based on real-life experiences. In this book, there are poverty, racism, depression, laughter, disparity, insufficiencies, rejection, low self-esteem, infirmities, and discovery of God’s presence. What can you gain by reading this memoir? Believe in yourself, never give up, keep dreaming alive, work hard, trust in the creator, recognize modern-day slavery, and act accordingly. I was guaranteed a loss because I gave up. I had blinders on, and I refused to remove them. If I couldn’t see it, I had no reason to achieve it. You will not get up until you recognize you are down. I like some of Morgan Freeman’s quotes: “Failure is a part of life if you don’t fail you don’t learn. If you don’t learn you will never change.” For more than thirty years of my life, I refused to play the hand I was dealt and just settled for whatever came my way. I knew of God but couldn’t see how he was operating in my life because I still had blinders on. He said in Hebrews 13:5 that he will never leave me, and never will he forsake me. Years later, I see that he was there the whole time. My advice to this younger generation is to get an education even if you don’t have a plan now to use it. During your childhood development stages, the importance of getting a good education is stronger than it has ever been. It’s very important for young people to learn their social and mental skills now in order to have a successful future. Don’t give up like I did and just settle for a passing grade. You may not regret it now but live on.
No More
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Author : Doreen Rappaport
language : en
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Release Date : 2002
No More written by Doreen Rappaport and has been published by Candlewick Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Combines first-person historical accounts, traditional black spirituals, and passages about the daily lives of slaves to provide a chronicle of slavery in America.
Slaves No More
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Author : Ira Berlin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Slaves No More written by Ira Berlin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with African Americans categories.
Freedom Volume 1 Series 1 The Destruction Of Slavery
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Author : Ira Berlin
language : en
Publisher: CUP Archive
Release Date : 1985
Freedom Volume 1 Series 1 The Destruction Of Slavery written by Ira Berlin and has been published by CUP Archive this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with History categories.
Contains primary source material.
Slaves No More
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Author : Ira Berlin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Slaves No More written by Ira Berlin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with categories.
Slaves No More
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Author : Bell Irvin Wiley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980
Slaves No More written by Bell Irvin Wiley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"Between 1820 and 1861 more than 12,000 American blacks made the long voyage to Liberia. Many were members of families that had been brought to America in the 1600s. In the jungles of West Africa these new settlers battled virulent tropical diseases, marauding wild beasts, and fierce native tribesmen; with only basic hand tools (draft animals could hardly survive the climate) they faced the challenge of carving out fields from one of the world's densest forests. To former masters and to their own people the new Liberians wrote letters about physical deprivations, often asking for help; they also reported proudly on the political progress of their adopted country, which became a republic in 1847. Despite the discouragement and disappointment reflected in many of the letters, the settlers demonstrated a remarkable capacity to overcome the hostility of nature and to endure with courage and dignity. Bell I. Wiley has collected and annotated 273 letters written from Liberia by former slaves... To read the letters is to reach a new understanding of the meaning of slavery and of freedom; one senses the strength of the black family that distance did not splinter; one wonders at the religious faith that endured through the unimagined hardships and disasters"--