Life and Letters of Philip Quaque, the First African Anglican - Missionar

Informationen zum Autor VINCENT CARRETTA is professor emeritus of English at the University of Maryland. He is the author or editor of more than ten books, including scholarly editions of the writings of Olaudah Equiano, Phillis Wheatley Peters, Ignatius Sancho, and Ottobah Cugoano. His books include Phillis Wheatley Peters: Biography of a Genius in Bondage and The Life and Letters of Philip Quaque, the First African Anglican Missionary , coedited with Ty M. Reese (both Georgia). He lives in Springfield, Virginia. Klappentext An edition of the correspondence of Philip Quaque! a prolific writer of African descent whose letters provide a unique perspective on the effects of the slave trade and its abolition in Africa. Zusammenfassung The first edition of the letters of Philip Quaque, a prolific writer of African descent whose writing provides a unique perspective on the slave trade and its abolition in Africa. His life offers a fascinating perspective on transatlantic identity, precolonial European involvement in Africa, the early abolition movement, and Cape Coast society.

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• Authors: Vincent (EDT)/ Reese Carretta, Vincent Reese Carretta
• Assisted by: Vincent Carretta (Editor), Ty Reese (Editor), Ty M Reese (Editor), Ty M. Reese (Editor), Manisha Sinha (Editor)
• Publisher: The University of Georgia Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.05.2012
• EAN: 9780820343099
• ISBN: 978-0-8203-4309-9
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Race in the Atlantic World, 17; Race in the Atlantic World, 17
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Biografien: Religion und Spirituelles, Anthologien (nicht Lyrik), BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural Heritage, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Letters, Biography / Autobiography