| Description |
xiii, 193, 124 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Speaking lives, authoring texts: Africa American women's voices raised for freedom -- Chronology of Louisa Picquet -- Louisa Picquet, the octoroon: a tale of southern slave life (1861) / Hiram Mattison -- Chronology of Mattie J. Jackson -- The story of Mattie J. Jackson (1866) / L. S. Thompson -- Chronology of Sylvia Dubois -- Sylvia Dubois (now 116 years old), a biography of the slave who whipped her mistress and gained her freedom (translation of C. W. Larison's original phonetic text) -- Silvia Dubois (now is 116 yers old), a biografy of the slav who whipt her mistress and gand her fredom (1883) (Facisimile) / C. W. Larison. |
| Subject |
Picquet, Louisa, 1828?-
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Picquet, Louisa, 1828?- |
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Jackson, Mattie J.
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Jackson, Mattie J. |
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Dubois, Silvia, 1788 or 1789-1889.
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Dubois, Silvia, 1788 or 1789-1889. |
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Enslaved women -- United States -- Biography.
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Enslaved women. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Slavery -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Slavery. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Genre/Form |
Slave narratives.
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Slave narratives.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Fulton, DoVeanna S., 1967-
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Pitts, Reginald H.
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Picquet, Louisa, 1828?-
Louisa Picquet, the octaroon.
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Jackson, Mattie J.
Story of Mattie J. Jackson.
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Larison, Cornelius Wilson, 1837-1910.
Silvia Dubois.
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| ISBN |
9781438429656 hardback alkaline paper |
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1438429657 hardback alkaline paper |
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9781438429649 paperback alkaline paper |
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1438429649 paperback alkaline paper |
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