Sylviane A. Diouf

Slavery's Exiles (eBook, PDF)

The Story of the American Maroons

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

"e;Persuasively captures the quiet heroism of North American maroons."e; - Richard Price, author of Maroon Societies "e;Impressive research and vivid prose an important addition to our understanding of slave society and black resistance."e; - Eric Foner, author of The Fiery Trial "e;One of those rare books that is at once of scholarly significance and will engage a wide readership."e; - David Eltis, Robert W. Woodruff Professor of History, Emory University

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: NYU Press
• Seitenzahl: 403
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780814724491
• Artikelnr.: 52965329

Autorenporträt

Sylviane A. Diouf is an award-winning historian of the African Diaspora. She is the author of Slavery's Exiles: The Story of the American Maroons and Servants of Allah: African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas-named Choice Outstanding Academic Book in 1999-both with NYU Press. Her book Dreams of Africa in Alabama: The Slave Ship Clotilda and the Story of the Last Africans Brought to America received the 2007 Wesley-Logan Prize of the American Historical Association, the 2009 Sulzby Award of the Alabama Historical Association and was a finalist for the 2008 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award. She is the editor of Fighting the Slave Trade: West African Strategies and the co-editor of In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience. A recipient of the Rosa Parks Award, the Dr. Betty Shabazz Achievement Award, and the Pen and Brush Achievement Award, Diouf is a Curator at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture of the New York Public Library.