The Bondwoman's Narrative
Title | The Bondwoman's Narrative PDF eBook |
Author | Hannah Crafts |
Publisher | Grand Central Publishing |
Pages | 314 |
Release | 2002-04-02 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0759527644 |
Possibly the first novel written by a black woman slave, this work is both a historically important literary event and a gripping autobiographical story in its own right. When her master is betrothed to a woman who conceals a tragic secret, Hannah Crafts, a young slave on a wealthy North Carolina plantation, runs away in a bid for her freedom up North. Pursued by slave hunters, imprisoned by a mysterious and cruel captor, held by sympathetic strangers, and forced to serve a demanding new mistress, she finally makes her way to freedom in New Jersey. Her compelling story provides a fascinating view of American life in the mid-1800s and the literary conventions of the time. Written in the 1850's by a runaway slave, THE BONDSWOMAN'S NARRATIVE is a provocative literary landmark and a significant historical event that will captivate a diverse audience.
A Pickle for the Knowing Ones
Title | A Pickle for the Knowing Ones PDF eBook |
Author | Timothy Dexter |
Publisher | |
Pages | 44 |
Release | 1848 |
Genre | Newburyport (Mass.) |
ISBN |
The Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War in the United States of America
Title | The Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War in the United States of America PDF eBook |
Author | Benson John Lossing |
Publisher | |
Pages | 670 |
Release | 1874 |
Genre | United States |
ISBN |
Album of Virginia
Title | Album of Virginia PDF eBook |
Author | Edward Beyer |
Publisher | Library of Virginia |
Pages | 40 |
Release | 1980-01-01 |
Genre | Virginia |
ISBN | 9780884900917 |
Indian Grammar Begun
Title | Indian Grammar Begun PDF eBook |
Author | John Eliot |
Publisher | Applewood Books |
Pages | 149 |
Release | 2001-06 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 1557095752 |
Written for the native people of Massachusetts by John Eliot in 1666, this monumental linguistic work was intended as a basis for teaching the Algonquinian-speaking people to read the Bible, which Eliot had translated into Algonquinian in 1661. This edition contains a facsimile of the original side-by-side with a reset version in modern type.
Bibliotheca Americana
Title | Bibliotheca Americana PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph Sabin |
Publisher | |
Pages | 420 |
Release | 1869 |
Genre | America |
ISBN |
Before the Melting Pot
Title | Before the Melting Pot PDF eBook |
Author | Joyce D. Goodfriend |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 326 |
Release | 1994-10-09 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780691037875 |
From its earliest days under English rule, New York City had an unusually diverse ethnic makeup, with substantial numbers of Dutch, English, Scottish, Irish, French, German, and Jewish immigrants, as well as a large African-American population. Joyce Goodfriend paints a vivid portrait of this society, exploring the meaning of ethnicity in early America and showing how colonial settlers of varying backgrounds worked out a basis for coexistence. She argues that, contrary to the prevalent notion of rapid Anglicization, ethnicity proved an enduring force in this small urban society well into the eighteenth century.