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TextLetters of the late Ignatius Sancho, an African : in two volumes : to which are prefixed, memoirs of his life
Sancho, Ignatius, 1729-1780Summary: The correspondence of Ignatius Sancho accompanied by a memoir of his life.Summary: The correspondence of Ignatius Sancho accompanied by a memoir of his life. -
TextRituals of resistance : African Atlantic religion in Kongo and the lowcountry South in the era of slavery
Young, Jason R.Summary: In Rituals of Resistance Jason R. Young explores the religious and ritual practices that linked West-Central Africa with the Lowcountry region of Georgia and South Carolina during the era of slavery. The choice of these two sites mirrors the historical trajectory of the transatlantic slave trade which, for centuries, transplanted Kongolese captives to the Lowcountry through the ports of Charleston and Savannah.Summary: In Rituals of Resistance Jason R. Young explores the religious and ritual practices that linked West-Central Africa with the Lowcountry region of Georgia and South Carolina during the era of slavery. The choice of these two sites mirrors the historical trajectory of the transatlantic slave trade which, for centuries, transplanted Kongolese captives to the Lowcountry through the ports of Charleston and Savannah. -
TextSome memoirs of the life of Job the son of Solomon the high priest of Boonda in Africa, who was a slave about two years in Maryland, and afterwards being brought to England, was set free and sent to his native land in the year 1734
Bluett, ThomasSummary: The memoirs of Job, a man sold into slavery in Maryland and later England.Summary: The memoirs of Job, a man sold into slavery in Maryland and later England.