Slave No More Self-Liberation Before Abolitionism in the Americas |
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| Author:
| Helg, Aline |
| Translator:
| Vergnaud, Lara |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4696-4963-4 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2019 |
| Publisher: | University of North Carolina Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $32.50 |
Book Description:
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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 covers more than three centuries.
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 covers more than three centuries.