An edition of Our Children Free & Happy (1991)

Our Children Free & Happy

Letters from Black Settlers in Africa in the 1790s (Early Black Writers Series)

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An edition of Our Children Free & Happy (1991)

Our Children Free & Happy

Letters from Black Settlers in Africa in the 1790s (Early Black Writers Series)

This is a unique group of previously unpublished letters which are held in manuscript form by the British Library, the Library of the University of Illinois, Chicago, and the Public Record Office, London. The letters were written by black settlers who had migrated from North America to Sierra Leone. They record an attempt by self-liberated ex-slaves to obtain political and land rights, which they felt had been unjustly denied them, using their literacy in English as a tool. As the letters reveal, their efforts ended in tragedy for, after delivering a declaration of independence and leading an armed rebellion, two settlers were hanged and others banished from their new homes. Christopher Fyfe's introduction explains the historical background to the period. An important supplementary essay by Professor Charles Jones examines the linguistic significance of the letters, comparing them with native English letters of the period.

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English
Pages
96

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Our Children Free & Happy: Letters from Black Settlers in Africa in the 1790s (Early Black Writers Series)
August 13, 1992, Edinburgh University Press
Hardcover in English
Cover of: Our children free and happy
Our children free and happy: letters from Black settlers in Africa in the 1790s
1991, Edinburgh University Press
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Hardcover
Number of pages
96
Dimensions
8.6 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches
Weight
9.6 ounces

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OL7963779M
ISBN 10
0748602704
ISBN 13
9780748602704
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6560938
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1396927

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