“Pretends to Be Free:” Runaway Slave Advertisements from Colonial and Revolutionary New York and New Jersey
by Graham Russell Gao Hodges and Alan Edward Brown
Publication Date: Jan 08, 2019
List Price: $35.00
Format: Paperback, 440 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780823282159
Imprint: Fordham University Press
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Parent Company: Fordham University
Paperback Description:
Important documents, and painstaking scholarship, become more significant over time. ’Pretends to Be Free’ was a revelation two decades ago, and it remains one today. The first slave narratives were the ones told by the master class, but they are no less informative for that—especially when collected with such care and contextualized with recent and sympathetic scholarship.—David Waldstreicher, The Graduate Center, City University of New York
Important documents, and painstaking scholarship, become more significant over time. ’Pretends to Be Free’ was a revelation two decades ago, and it remains one today. The first slave narratives were the ones told by the master class, but they are no less informative for that—especially when collected with such care and contextualized with recent and sympathetic scholarship.—David Waldstreicher, The Graduate Center, City University of New York
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