United States Governed By Six Hundred Thousand Despots - A True Story of Slavery; a Rediscovered Narrative, With a Full

"Narratives written by enslaved Africans in America are few in number. Some are transformative, like that of Harriet Jacobs; others are lesser, like the brief one attributed to Harriet's brother, John S. Jacobs. The revelation, here, of a much longer, richer, and more radical version of John's story, is a major historical event. His work is all the more significant for having been written and published in Australia, outside the sanitizing and bowdlerizing influence of the American Abolitionist movement. Jacobs's full account is a startling and clear expression of the true thoughts, words, and wide-ranging experiences of a man once enslaved"--

About the author

John Swanson Jacobs was an abolitionist, miner, sailor, and citizen of the world.

Product details

• Authors: John Swanson Jacobs, John Swanson/ Schroeder Jacobs, John Swanson Jacobs
• Assisted by: Jonathan D S Schroeder (Editor), Jonathan D S Schroeder (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2024
• EAN: 9780226832807
• ISBN: 978-0-226-83280-7
• No. of pages: 328
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > History; History, Social and cultural history, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Anthologies: general, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / American / African American & Black, HISTORY / African American & Black, Relating to African American / Black American people