African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
141 p, Reprints an 1830s text that was central to the transatlantic campaign to fully abolish slavery in Britain’s colonies. James Williams, an eighteen-year-old Jamaican “apprentice” (former slave), came to Britain in 1837 at the instigation of the abolitionist Joseph Sturge. The Narrative he produced there, one of very few autobiographical texts by Caribbean slaves or former slaves, became one of the most powerful abolitionist tools for effecting the immediate end to the system of apprenticeship that had replaced slavery
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
414 p., Never-before-told story of the first black explorer and adventurer in America, Esteban Dorantes. An African slave, Dorantes led an eight-year journey from Florida to California in the early 16th century -— three hundred years before Lewis and Clark ventured west. Includes "Camino Real: The Royal Road to Mexico City, 1536," "Dorantes and the Archive of the Indies," and "Cuba: 1527-1528."
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
463 p., Contents: A polícia e os candomblés no tempo de Domingos -- De africano em Onim a escravo na Bahia -- O adivinho Domingos Sodré -- Feitiçaria e escravidão -- Feitiçaria e alforria -- Uns amigos de Domingos -- Domingos Sodré, africano ladino e homem de bens.
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
320 p, "Trevor Burnard's Mastery, Tyranny, and Desire is a detailed study based on a rather unusual and exhaustive diary of an English migrant who becomes a small slaveholder in eighteenth-century Jamaica. It probably contains more information than any single source on Jamaican society and on slaves and slavery, and provides many important insights into the lives of slaves and of whites. Given the subject and the materials, this book will be of interest to all concerned with the study of slavery as well as scholars of the Caribbean and of British Caribbean history." (Stanley L. Engerman, University of Rochester )
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
238 p, "Mosneron's memoirs illustrate a merchant's life in the golden age of France's major slave-trading port, his austere values, and his persistence. As a young captain, he introduces us to the experience of voyages to the African coast and to the commercial circles of Caribbean colonial ports"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.;
Gates,Henry Louis, Jr. (Author) and Andrews,William L. (Author)
Format:
Book, Whole
Publication Date:
1998
Published:
Washington, DC: Civitas
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
439 p, Contents: Preface / William L. Andrews -- Introduction : the talking book / Henry Louis Gates, Jr. -- A narrative of the most remarkable particulars in the life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, an African prince / as related by himself -- Narrative of the Lord's wonderful dealings with John Marrant, a Black -- Thoughts and sentiments on the evil and wicked traffic of the slavery and commerce of the human species, humbly submitted to the inhabitants of Great Britain / by Ottobah Cugoano -- The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African / written by himself -- The life, history, and unparalleled sufferings of John Jea, the African preacher / compiled and written by himself
