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245 00 $aOur children free and happy :$bletters from Black settlers in Africa in the 1790s /$cedited by Christopher Fyfe ; with a contribution by Charles Jones.
260 $aEdinburgh :$bEdinburgh University Press,$c[1991], ©1991.
300 $ax, 105 pages ;$c23 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aEarly Black writers
500 $aGB91-#2132
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 105)
520 $aThis is a unique group of previously unpublished letters which are held in manuscript form by the British Library, the Library of the University of Illinois, Chicago, and the Public Record Office, London.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.
651 0 $aSierra Leone$xHistory$yTo 1896$vSources.
650 0 $aBlack people$xColonization$zSierra Leone$vSources.
650 0 $aPioneers$zSierra Leone$vCorrespondence.
700 1 $aFyfe, Christopher.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84136870
700 1 $aJones, Charles,$d1939-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85166291
830 0 $aEarly Black writers.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no92005094
852 00 $bglx$hDT516.7$i.O94 1991
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