Rites of August First
Emancipation Day in the Black Atlantic World
"August First Day" became the most important annual celebration of emancipation among people of African descent in the northern US, the British Caribbean, Canada West, and the UK and played a critical role in popular mobilization against American slavery. J.R. Kerr-Ritchie provides the first detailed analysis of this important commemoration.
Specificaties
ISBN/EAN | 9780807143643 |
Auteur | Jeffrey R. Kerr-Ritchie |
Uitgever | Van Ditmar Boekenimport B.V. |
Taal | Engels |
Uitvoering | Paperback / gebrocheerd |
Pagina's | 296 |
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