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Informationen zum Autor Steven Mintz is Professor of History and Director, American Cultures Program, at the University of Houston. His thirteen books include Domestic Revolutions: A Social History of American Family Life (1988; co-authored with Susan Kellogg); and a major interpretation of antebellum reform, Moralists & Modernizers: America's Pre-Civil War Reformers (1995). His most recent book, Huck's Raft: A History of American Childhood , received the Association of American Publishers R.R. Hawkins Award for the Outstanding Scholarly Book of 2004; the Organization of American Historians 2004 Merle Curti Award for the best book in social history; and the Texas Institute of Letters Carr P. Collins Award for the best non-fiction book of 2004. Klappentext Including more than 70 documents that span the history of slavery in America, African American Voices chronicles the widely varied experience of African American slaves. It presents 250 years of the collective life-cycle of an enslaved people through substantial excerpts from slave narratives, interviews with former slaves, and letters that document the experience of bondage, and supplies comprehensive introductions and headnotes, a visual history of slavery, and an extensive bibliography. Zusammenfassung Including more than 50 documents that span the history of slavery in America! African American Voices chronicles the widely varied experience of African American slaves. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures x Series Editors' Preface xi Preface to the New Edition xiii Preface xv Introduction 1 Chapter 1 ''Death's Gwineter Lay His Cold Icy Hands on Me'': Enslavement 40 1 A European Slave Trader, John Barbot, Describes the African Slave Trade (1682) 42 2 A Muslim Merchant, Ayubah Suleiman Diallo, Recalls His Capture and Enslavement (1733) 45 3 An Employee of Britain's Royal African Company Describes the Workings of the Slave Trade (1738) 48 4 Olaudah Equiano, an 11-Year-Old Ibo from Nigeria, Remembers His Kidnapping into Slavery (1789) 49 5 A Scottish Explorer, Mungo Park, Offers a Graphic Account of the African Slave Trade (1797) 51 6 Venture Smith Relates the Story of His Kidnapping at the Age of Six (1798) 52 Chapter 2 ''God's A-Gwineter Trouble de Water'': The Middle Passage and Arrival 57 1 A European Slave Trader, James Barbot, Jr., Describes a Shipboard Revolt by Enslaved Africans (1700) 59 2 Olaudah Equiano, Who Was Born in Eastern Nigeria, Describes the Horrors of the Middle Passage (1789) 62 3 A Doctor, Alexander Falconbridge, Describes Conditions on an English Slaver (1788) 65 4 Olaudah Equiano Describes His Arrival in the New World (1789) 70 5 An English Physician, Alexander Falconbridge, Describes the Treatment of Newly Arrived Slaves in the West Indies (1788) 71 Chapter 3 ''A Change is Gonna Come'': Slavery in the Era of the American Revolution 74 1 The Poet Phillis Wheatley Writes about Freedom and Equal Rights (1774) 75 2 Massachusetts Slaves Petition for Freedom (1774) 76 3 Virginia's Royal Governor Promises Freedom to Slaves Who Join the British Army (1775) 78 4 Virginia's Assembly Denounces Lord Dunmore's Proclamation (1775) 79 5 Connecticut Slaves Petition for Freedom (1779) 80 6 Boston King, a Black Loyalist, Seeks Freedom Behind British Lines (1798) 82 7 A Participant in Gabriel's Rebellion Explains Why He Took Part in the Attempted Insurrection (1812) 84 8 Gabriel's Brother Explains the Rebellion's Objectives (1800) 84 9 President Thomas Jefferson Tries to Arrange for the Deportation of Men Involved in Gabriel's Rebellion (1802) 85 Chapter 4 ''We Raise de Wheat, Dey Gib Us de Corn'': Conditions of Life 87 1 A Free Black Kidnapped from New York, ...
