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Piracy, Slavery, and Redemption: Barbary Captivity Narratives from Early Modern England

Book by Daniel J. Vitkus; Columbia University Press, 2001

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British--Africa, North--Biography, Captivity Narratives, Pirates--Africa, North--History--16th Century, Pirates--Africa, North--History--17th Century, Slavery--Africa, North--History--16th Century, Slavery--Africa, North--History--17th Century, Slaves--Africa, North--Biography

Collections: History, Entire Library

...in-Publication Data Piracy, slavery, and redemption: Barbary captivity narratives from early modern England / selected...Captivity narratives. 4. Slavery Africa, North History 16th century. 5. Slavery Africa, North History 17th century...
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The Cultural Politics of Sugar: Caribbean Slavery and Narratives of Colonialism

Book by Keith A. Sandiford; Cambridge University Press, 2000

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Lewis, M. G--(Matthew Gregory)--1775-1818--Journal Of A West India Proprietor, Rochefort, Charles De--1605-1683--Histoire Naturelle Et Morale Des Iles Antilles De L'Amerique, Slavery--West Indies--Historiography, Sugar Trade--Political Aspects--West Indies--Historiography, West Indies--Colonial Influence--Historiography

Collections: History, Entire Library

THE CULTURAL POLITICS OF SUGAR CARIBBEAN SLAVERY AND NARRATIVES OF COLONIALISM With the expansion of trade and empire...which organises the structure and content of the narratives: his argument establishes the function of this trope...
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The Kidnapped and the Ransomed: The Narrative of Peter and Vina Still after Forty Years of Slavery

Book by Kate E. R. Pickard; University of Nebraska Press, 1995

Subjects:

African Americans--Relations With Jews, Concklin, Seth--1802-1851, Slavery--Alabama, Slavery--Kentucky, Slaves--United States--Biography, Still, Peter--B. 1801, Still, Vina

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...offers a third subject to the narrative. The life and martyrdom...Our interest in the Still narrative is in part a reflection of...century editions of the narrative. Slave narratives have always served social...propaganda against the evils of slavery. The publication of most...
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From African to Yankee: Narratives of Slavery and Freedom in Antebellum New England

Book by Robert J. Cottrol; M. E. Sharpe, 1998

Subjects:

African Americans--History--To 1863, New England--History--1775-1865, New England--History--Colonial Period, Ca. 1600-1775, New England--Race Relations, Slavery--New England--History, Slaves--New England--Biography

Collections: History, Entire Library

INTRODUCTION The narratives in this volume are part of a...topics as antebellum southern slavery, Reconstruction, Jim Crow...explicitly permitted African slavery several decades before slavery was given formal legal sanction...
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Slavery Remembered: A Record of Twentieth-Century Slave Narratives

Book by Paul D. Escott; University of North Carolina Press, 1979

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Slaves--United States--Social Conditions, Slaves--United States--Social Conditions--Sources

Collections: History, Entire Library

...structure for many of the narratives and suggest the potential...years reluctance to use the narratives or suspicion about their value...pioneer students of American slavery, dismissed the narratives...1974, did a major study of slavery make extensive use of these...

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Bearing Witness: Memories of Arkansas Slavery: Narratives from the 1930s WPA Collections

Journal article by Benjamin E. Wise; Journal of Southern History, Vol. 70, 2004

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Bearing Witness: Memories of Arkansas Slavery: Narratives from the 1930s WPA Collections (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Witness: Memories of Arkansas Slavery: Narratives from the 1930s WPA Collections...Witness: Memories of Arkansas Slavery: Narratives from the 1930s WPA...publishing 175 recollections of slavery in Arkansas, Lankford has written...
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Written in Stone: Slavery and Authority in the Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym

Journal article by Shaindy Rudoff; ATQ (The American Transcendental Quarterly), Vol. 14, 2000

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Authority--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Religion and literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Slavery--Portrayals, depictions, etc.

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

...Written in Stone: Slavery and Authority in The Narrative of Arthur Gordon...Sumner. Pro-slavery Thought in the...Introduction." The Narrative of Arthur Gordon...Sam. "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon...the Ideology of Slavery." ESQ 40...
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The Freedom to Remember: Narrative, Slavery, and Gender in Contemporary Black Women's Fiction

Journal article by Amanda Davis; MELUS, Vol. 29, 2004

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Books--Book reviews, The Freedom to Remember: Narrative, Slavery, and Gender in Contemporary Black Women's Fiction (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Freedom to Remember: Narrative, Slavery, and Gender in Contemporary...termed neo-slave narratives has brought with it...Rushdys Neo-Slave Narratives: Studies in the Social...American Neo-Slave Narrative (1999), are just...contemporary African American narratives of slavery, including Ishmael...
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DoVeanna S. Fulton. Speaking Power: Black Feminist Orality in Women's Narratives of Slavery

Journal article by Joycelyn Moody; Biography, Vol. 30, 2007

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Books--Book reviews, Speaking Power: Black Feminist Orality in Women's Narratives of Slavery (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...explicate the impact of slavery on bondspeople in...autobiographies, and neoslave narratives and other novels...apt quote from the narrative of ex-slave Louisa...and sexuality in slavery" (97). In particular...reads four neoslave narratives published between...infanticide. Whereas narrative strategies for healing...in the context of slavery predominates in Chapter...
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Arlene R. Keizer. Black Subjects: Identity Formation in the Contemporary Narrative of Slavery

Journal article by Susan L. Blake; African American Review, Vol. 40, 2006

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Black Subjects: Identity Formation in the Contemporary Narrative of Slavery (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews

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...Keizers term "contemporary narrative of slavery" encompasses three...present: historical novels of slavery (here Toni Morrisons Beloved...of a new literary focus on slavery in the 1960s to the passing...who would be a witness to slavery and how it would be remembered...She reads contemporary narratives of slavery both as counterhistories...

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The End of the Black American Narrative: A New Century Calls for New Stories Grounded in the Present, Leaving Behind the Painful History of Slavery and Its Consequences

Magazine article by Charles Johnson; American Scholar, Vol. 77, Summer 2008

Subjects:

African American literature--Criticism and interpretation, African American literature--Forecasts and trends, American literature--African American authors, American literature--Criticism and interpretation, American literature--Forecasts and trends, Narratives--Criticism and interpretation, Narratives--Forecasts and trends

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

...I argue that a dramatic narrative should leave the listener...beautifully embodies all these narrative virtues. The story begins...we study the classic slave narratives of Equiano or Frederick Douglass...the black American group narrative before the beginning of the...conflict of this story is first slavery, then segregation and legal...
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Book Casts Doubts on Parts of 18th-century Slave Narrative

Magazine article; Diverse Issues in Higher Education, Vol. 22, October 6, 2005

Subjects:

Blacks, Books, Carretta, Vincent, College professors, Equiano, Olaudah (1750-97), Literary criticism, Narratives, Slavery

Collections: Education, Literature, Entire Library

...Parts of 18th-century Slave Narrative COLLEGE PARK, MD. Olaudah...text for scholars studying slavery and its roots in Africa...in the history of African slavery and one of the most widely taught slave narratives, Carrettas work, titled...written about 18th-century slavery. In the book, Equiano chronicles...
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The Beginning of Slavery

Magazine article by Lawrence Jackson; The Antioch Review, Vol. 66, Spring 2008

Subjects:

African American culture--Portrayals, African Americans--Personal narratives, Racism--Portrayals, Slavery--History, Slavery--Influence, Slavery--Political aspects, Slavery--Social aspects

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

The Beginning of Slavery. by Lawrence Jackson slavery: whips, chains, branding irons. Finding...present any competitive set of facts on slavery to supplement whatever we did not learn...
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In-Depth Educational Resource on Slavery: PBS Documentary, Web Site and Book Break New Ground on the History of Slavery

Magazine article by Havelock Nelson; Curriculum Review, Vol. 44, January 2005

Subjects:

Slavery--Forecasts and trends, United States history--Study and teaching

Collections: Education, History, Entire Library

...unavailable or difficult to access, with narratives and literature that illuminate the human face of slavery. This expansive site features unique...companion book--also entitled Slavery and the Making of America by James...
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Glorious Dust: The Posthumous Masterwork of an Influential Black Historian Tells How Slavery Itself Undermined the Confederacy

Magazine article by Robert Roper; American Scholar, Vol. 76, Winter 2007

Subjects:

Art historians--Works, Bitter Fruits of Bondage: The Demise of Slavery and the Collapse of the Confederacy, 1861-1865 (Nonfiction work)--Criticism and interpretation, Black studies--Social aspects, Blacks--Social aspects, Blacks--Study and teaching, Educational programs--Evaluation, Nonfiction--Criticism and interpretation, Robinson, Armstead L.--Criticism and interpretation, Robinson, Armstead L.--Works, Slavery--Political aspects, Slavery--Social aspects, United States Civil War, 1861-1865--Portrayals, United States history--Civil War, 1861-1865, United States history--Portrayals

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...patriarchalist) historian of slavery and the slave-owning class...sweeping of New and Old World narratives. Other examples of Robinsons...a potent coherence to the narrative. It begins in full stride...Southern defensiveness about slavery had precipitated the war and...state--one that enshrined slavery, it goes without saying...

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Joined by Slavery: Liberty in Wales and America

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), November 23, 2006

Subjects:

Slavery

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...part in the fight against slavery in America. Dr Daniel Williams...support for their fight against slavery. The most celebrated of these...in their autobiographical narratives. It is widely accepted that...the most influential was The Narrative of the Adventures and Escape of Moses Roper from American Slavery, published in 1837. By 1841...
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I Made a Meal of It but It's Hard Being a Ryder Cup Slave; Ryder Rebel: Mahan Says U.S. Stars Are Losing Enthusiasm for the Ryder Cup but Rues Describing Them as Slaves

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), July 31, 2008

Subjects:

Slavery--Personal narratives

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...the chains to explain his extraordinary comment in a U.S. golf magazine that playing in the Ryder Cup was tantamount to slavery. Oh man, I wish I could have that word back, he said, in an exclusive interview with Sportsmail. In fact, I wish I could...
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My Father's Dream and the American Narrative; Martin Luther King's Son Reflects - an Inauguration Exclusive

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, January 19, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...each Americans contribution to the narrative? The ultimate measure of the answer...of the American dream. The American narrative cannot realize its greatest promise unless the narratives of all it peoples are part of that promise, unless the promise of that narrative includes all of Americas people, and...
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Narrative That Reveals Why Civil War Was Not Inevitable

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, January 28, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Narrative That Reveals Why Civil War...vacuum in the top rank of narrative historians of the Civil...the current orthodoxy. Narrative history gathers those same...seceded that he would leave slavery intact if it would preserve...
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International Day for Remebrance of Slave Trade and Its Abolition

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, August 22, 2011

Subjects:

Slavery, Slaves

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...structures. The expansion of slavery was often a by-product of...trading systems. Although slavery was officially abolished in the Americas in the 19th century, slavery and related forms of coerced...threads of sometimes conflicting narratives that fill the silences of the...

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African Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...praise singer) will accompany a narrative with music. Some of the first African...in the West were the poignant slave narratives, such as The Interesting Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Olaudah...which described vividly the horrors of slavery and the slave trade. As Africans became...
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Joseph , in the Bible

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

JOSEPH , in the Bible one of the heroes of the patriarchal narratives of the Book of Genesis. He is presented as the favored son of Jacob and Rachel, sold as a boy into slavery by his brothers, who were jealous of Josephs dreams and of his coat...

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