1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462526603321

Autore

Adams Catherine <1966->

Titolo

Love of freedom : black women in colonial and revolutionary New England / / Catherine Adams and Elizabeth H. Pleck

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2010

ISBN

0-19-974178-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (488 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PleckElizabeth H <1945-> (Elizabeth Hafkin)

Disciplina

306.3/62082

Soggetti

Women slaves - New England - History

African American women - New England - History

African American women - New England - Social conditions

African American women - New England - Economic conditions

Slavery - New England - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Hagar Blackmore's journey from Angola to New England -- The uniqueness of New England -- Property and patriarchy -- Spiritual thirsting -- Marriage and the family -- Seeking possession of her liberty -- Spirit of freedom -- Citizenship -- Epilogue.

Sommario/riassunto

They baked New England's Thanksgiving pies, preached their faith to crowds of worshippers, spied for the patriots during the Revolution, wrote that human bondage was a sin, and demanded reparations for slavery. Black women in colonial and revolutionary New England sought not only legal emancipation from slavery but defined freedom more broadly to include spiritual, familial, and economic dimensions. Hidden behind the banner of achieving freedom was the assumption that freedom meant affirming black manhood The struggle for freedom in New England was different for men than for women. Black men i



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910971674603321

Autore

Rodriguez Dylan

Titolo

Forced passages : imprisoned radical intellectuals and the U.S. prison regime / / Dylan Rodríguez

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, Minn., : University of Minnesota Press

Bristol, : University Presses Marketing [distributor], 2006

ISBN

0-8166-9720-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (330 p.)

Disciplina

365.450973

Soggetti

Prisoners - United States

Radicals - United States

Prisoners' writings, American

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p.261-304) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Domestic war zones and the extremities of power -- "You be all the prison writer you wish" -- Radical lineages -- Articulating war(s) -- "My role is to dig or be dug out" -- Forced passages.

Sommario/riassunto

In Forced Passages, Dylan Rodríguez argues that the cultural production of such imprisoned intellectuals as Mumia Abu-Jamal, Angela Davis, and Leonard Peltier should be understood as a unique social movement. Dylan Rodríguez traces the lineage of radical prison thought since the 1970's, one formed by the logic of state violence and by the endemic racism of the criminal justice system.