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    1. Free and French in the Caribbean : Toussaint Louverture, Aimé Césaire, and narratives of loyal opposition

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Walsh,John Patrick (Author)
    Format:
    Book, Whole
    Publication Date:
    2013
    Published:
    Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Notes:
    193 p., Studies the writings of Toussaint Louverture and Aimé Césaire to examine how they conceived of and narrated two defining events in the decolonializing of the French Caribbean: the revolution that freed the French colony of Saint-Domingue in 1803 and the departmentalization of Martinique and other French colonies in 1946.

    2. Oroonoko; or, The royal slave

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Behn,Aphra (Author), Gallagher,Catherine (Editor), and Stern,Simon (Contributor)
    Format:
    Book, Whole
    Publication Date:
    2013
    Published:
    Lexington, KY: Simon & BrownI
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Notes:
    77 p., A short novel written by English female author Aphra Behn, published in 1688. It is the story of an African prince who deeply loves the beautiful Imoinda. Imoinda is eventually sold as a slave and is taken to Suriname which is under British rule. Oroonoko is taken prisoner, is sold, and finds himself and Imoinda enslaved on the same plantation. Contents: 1. To the right honourable the Lord Maitland. 2. The history of the royal slave.