From early slave rebels to radical reformers of the Civil War era and beyond, the struggle to end slavery was a diverse, dynamic, and ramifying social movement.
El proyecto de estas crónicas temáticas fue galardonado en 2017 con la Beca Michael Jacobs de crónica viajera otorgada por la Fundación Gabriel García Márquez para el Nuevo Periodismo Iberoamericano- FNPI-, el Hay Festival y la Michael Jacobs Travel Writing Foundation.
My Bondage and My Freedom Frederick Douglass - My Bondage and My Freedom is an autobiographical slave narrative written by Frederick Douglass, an expansion of his earlier Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, discussing in greater detail his transition from bondage to liberty.
My Bondage and My Freedom - Frederick Douglass - My Bondage and My Freedom is an autobiographical slave narrative written with the aid of Frederick Douglass, a diffusion of his earlier Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, discussing in extra element his transition from bondage to liberty.
Solomon Northup's 12 Years A Slave: A True Story is a memoir of gripping intensity that recounts his kidnapping and enslavement in 19th-century America.
'In overthrowing me, you have done no more than cut down the trunk of the tree of liberty - it will spring back from the roots, for they are numerous and deep.
First published in 1912, "e;Constab Ballads"e; is a classic poetry collection with the main focus based on the police force of McKay's time, including his famous poem "e;If We Must Die"e;.
'In overthrowing me, you have done no more than cut down the trunk of the tree of liberty - it will spring back from the roots, for they are numerous and deep.
This is the first comprehensive history of pre-Civil War American radicalism, mapping the journeys of the land reformers, Jacksonian radicals and militant abolitionists on the long road to the failed slave revolt of Harpers Ferry in 1859.
This is the first comprehensive history of pre-Civil War American radicalism, mapping the journeys of the land reformers, Jacksonian radicals and militant abolitionists on the long road to the failed slave revolt of Harpers Ferry in 1859.
With the recent success of the movie and book "e;Twelve Years A Slave"e; in mind, this title, as the name imports, gives a true picture of the state of Slavery in the United States in the first half of the 19th century.
Este ensayo nos traslada al África Subsahariana, en un principio con un hecho de la etapa colonial americana prácticamente desconocido donde Buenos Aires, por entonces capital del Virreinato del Río de la Plata, debía administrar e incorporar bajo su jurisdicción esos territorios del continente africano.
En aquest recull d'articles publicats al diari Ara l'any 2012, Albert Sánchez Piñol recupera cinc exterminis ignorats de diversos grups ètnics que han desaparegut en el no-res, i s'han endut amb ells una manera única de viure l'experiència humana.
The extradition of Anthony Burns as a fugitive slave was the most memorable case of the kind that has occurred since the adoption of the Federal Constitution.
Dieses Buch vereint unglaubliche Geschichten aus zwei Jahrtausenden, die sich tatsächlich zugetragen haben, aber kaum den Weg in die Öffentlichkeit fanden.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass ist eine Abhandlung über die Abschaffung der Sklaverei aus dem Jahr 1845, die der berühmte Redner und ehemalige Sklave Frederick Douglass während seiner Zeit in Lynn, Massachusetts, verfasst hat.