The Memoir of James Jackson, The Attentive and Obedient Scholar, Who Died in Boston, October 31, 1833, Aged Six Years and Eleven Months

awareness emphasizes his humanity and exemplary American character over his racial identity, even as it embeds him in his African American community.

List of contents

* Introduction *Memoir of James Jackson * Preface * Chapter I * Chapter II * Chapter III * Chapter IV * Chapter V * Chapter VI * Chapter VII *"The Little Lind Boy" *"Am I to Blame?" * Chronology * Articles and Letters * Notes

About the author

Lois Brown is Assistant Professor of English, Mount Holyoke College.

Summary

This document—the first African American biography and a work predating Jacobs’s Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by almost 30 years—is an historical treasure. Paul’s portrayal of Jackson’s Christian sensibility, his idealism, and his racial awareness emphasizes his humanity and exemplary American character over his racial identity.

Product details

• Authors: Susan Paul
• Assisted by: Lois Brown (Editor), Susan Paul (Editor)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.02.2000
• EAN: 9780674002371
• ISBN: 978-0-674-00237-1
• No. of pages: 192
• Weight: 209 g
• Illustrations: 9 halftones
• Series: John Harvard Library; John Harvard Library (Paperbac; The John Harvard Library
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore