We Slaves Of Suriname

Author : Anton de Kom
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781509549030

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We Slaves of Suriname by Anton de Kom Pdf

Anton de Kom’s We Slaves of Suriname is a literary masterpiece as well as a fierce indictment of racism and colonialism. In this classic book, published here in English for the first time, the Surinamese writer and resistance leader recounts the history of his homeland, from the first settlements by Europeans in search of gold through the era of the slave trade and the period of Dutch colonial rule, when the old slave mentality persisted, long after slavery had been formally abolished. 159 years after the abolition of slavery in Suriname and 88 years after its initial publication, We Slaves of Suriname has lost none of its brilliance and power.

Author : Cornelis Gerard Anton Kom
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Suriname
ISBN : 0862324548

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We Slaves of Surinam by Cornelis Gerard Anton Kom Pdf

Author : Wim S. M. Hoogbergen
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Afrikaner
ISBN : 9783825881122

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Out of Slavery by Wim S. M. Hoogbergen Pdf

Out of Slavery begins around 1770 when Ma Uwa and her daughter were brought to Suriname as slaves from Africa. In his book, the author follows the history of Ma Uwa and her descendants and the narrative continues right down to the 1990s

Author : Laura Arnold Leibman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780197530498

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Once We Were Slaves by Laura Arnold Leibman Pdf

An obsessive genealogist and descendent of one of the most prominent Jewish families since the American Revolution, Blanche Moses firmly believed her maternal ancestors were Sephardic grandees. Yet she found herself at a dead end when it came to her grandmother's maternal line. Using family heirlooms to unlock the mystery of Moses's ancestors, Once We Were Slaves overturns the reclusive heiress's assumptions about her family history to reveal that her grandmother and great-uncle, Sarah and Isaac Brandon, actually began their lives as poor Christian slaves in Barbados. Tracing the siblings' extraordinary journey throughout the Atlantic World, Leibman examines artifacts they left behind in Barbados, Suriname, London, Philadelphia, and, finally, New York, to show how Sarah and Isaac were able to transform themselves and their lives, becoming free, wealthy, Jewish, and--at times--white. While their affluence made them unusual, their story mirrors that of the largely forgotten population of mixed African and Jewish ancestry that constituted as much as ten percent of the Jewish communities in which the siblings lived, and sheds new light on the fluidity of race--as well as on the role of religion in racial shift--in the first half of the nineteenth century.

Author : Cynthia McLeod
Publisher : HopeRoad
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2011-01-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781908446015

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The Cost of Sugar by Cynthia McLeod Pdf

The Cost of Sugar is an intriguing history of those rabid times in Dutch Surinam between 1765-1779 when sugar was king.Told through the eyes of two Jewish step sisters, Eliza and Sarith, descendants of the settlers of 'New Jerusalem of the River' know today as Jodensvanne. The Cost of Sugar is a frank expose of the tragic toll on the lives of colonists and slaves alike.

Author : Lawrence Hill
Publisher : University of Alberta
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-20
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780888648204

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Dear Sir, I Intend to Burn Your Book by Lawrence Hill Pdf

Censorship and book burning are still present in our lives. Lawrence Hill shares his experiences of how ignorance and the fear of ideas led a group in the Netherlands to burn the cover of his widely successful novel, The Book of Negroes, in 2011. Why do books continue to ignite such strong reactions in people in the age of the Internet? Is banning, censoring, or controlling book distribution ever justified? Hill illustrates his ideas with anecdotes and lists names of Canadian writers who faced censorship challenges in the twenty-first century, inviting conversation between those on opposite sides of these contentious issues. All who are interested in literature, freedom of expression, and human rights will enjoy reading Hill's provocative essay.

Author : Armando Lampe
Publisher : Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Caribbean Area
ISBN : 3525559631

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Mission Or Submission? by Armando Lampe Pdf

Studie over de relatie tussen de kerk en de slavenmaatschappij.

Author : John Gabriel Stedman
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1992-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780801842597

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Stedman's Surinam by John Gabriel Stedman Pdf

This abridgment of the Prices' acclaimed 1988 critical edition is based on Stedman's original, handwritten manuscript, which offers a portrait at considerable variance with the 1796 classic. The unexpurgated text, presented here with extensive notes and commentary, constitutes one of the richest and most evocative accounts ever written of colonial life—and one of the strongest indictments ever to appear against New World slavery.

Author : Denis R. Alexander
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781108426336

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Are We Slaves to our Genes? by Denis R. Alexander Pdf

Genetic differences can influence differences in our human behaviours, but only occasionally undermine the reality of our free will.

Author : Cas Mudde
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781509536856

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The Far Right Today by Cas Mudde Pdf

The far right is back with a vengeance. After several decades at the political margins, far-right politics has again taken center stage. Three of the world’s largest democracies – Brazil, India, and the United States – now have a radical right leader, while far-right parties continue to increase their profile and support within Europe. In this timely book, leading global expert on political extremism Cas Mudde provides a concise overview of the fourth wave of postwar far-right politics, exploring its history, ideology, organization, causes, and consequences, as well as the responses available to civil society, party, and state actors to challenge its ideas and influence. What defines this current far-right renaissance, Mudde argues, is its mainstreaming and normalization within the contemporary political landscape. Challenging orthodox thinking on the relationship between conventional and far-right politics, Mudde offers a complex and insightful picture of one of the key political challenges of our time.

Author : Jacques Arends
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 495 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027265807

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Language and Slavery by Jacques Arends Pdf

This posthumous work by Jacques Arends offers new insights into the emergence of the creole languages of Suriname including Sranantongo or Suriname Plantation Creole, Ndyuka, and Saramaccan, and the sociohistorical context in which they developed. Drawing on a wealth of sources including little known historical texts, the author points out the relevance of European settlements prior to colonization by the English in 1651 and concludes that the formation of the Surinamese creoles goes back further than generally assumed. He provides an all-encompassing sociolinguistic overview of the colony up to the mid-19th century and shows how ethnicity, language attitude, religion and location had an effect on which languages were spoken by whom. The author discusses creole data gleaned from the earliest sources and interprets the attested variation. The book is completed by annotated textual data, both oral and written and representing different genres and stages of the Surinamese creoles. It will be of interest to linguists, historians, anthropologists, literary scholars and anyone interested in Suriname.

Author : Bram Hoonhout
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780820356075

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Borderless Empire by Bram Hoonhout Pdf

Borderless Empire explores the volatile history of Dutch Guiana, in particular the forgotten colonies of Essequibo and Demerara, to provide new perspectives on European empire building in the Atlantic world. Bram Hoonhout argues that imperial expansion was a process of improvisation at the colonial level rather than a project that was centrally orchestrated from the metropolis. Furthermore, he emphasizes that colonial expansion was far more transnational than the oft-used divisions into "national Atlantics" suggest. In so doing, he transcends the framework of the "Dutch Atlantic" by looking at the connections across cultural and imperial boundaries. The openness of Essequibo and Demerara affected all levels of the colonial society. Instead of counting on metropolitan soldiers, the colonists relied on Amerindian allies, who captured runaway slaves and put down revolts. Instead of waiting for Dutch slavers, the planters bought enslaved Africans from foreign smugglers. Instead of trying to populate the colonies with Dutchmen, the local authorities welcomed adventurers from many different origins. The result was a borderless world in which slavery was contingent on Amerindian support and colonial trade was rooted in illegality. These transactions created a colonial society that was far more Atlantic than Dutch.

Author : Lawrence Hill
Publisher : Random House
Page : 511 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780552775489

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The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill Pdf

Abducted from her West African village at the age of eleven and sold as a slave in the American South, Aminata Diallo thinks only of freedom - and of finding her way home again.After escaping the plantation, torn from her husband and child, she passes through Manhattan in the chaos of the Revolutionary War, is shipped to Nova Scotia, and then joins a group of freed slaves on a harrowing return odyssey to Africa. Lawrence Hill's epic novel, winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, spans three continents and six decades to bring to life a dark and shameful chapter in our history through the story of one brave and resourceful woman.

Author : Wim Hoogbergen
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2023-08-14
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9789004610910

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The Boni Maroon Wars in Suriname by Wim Hoogbergen Pdf

This a fascinating account of the history of the Boni- Maroons (Aluku-Maroons) of Surinam and French-Guiana from about 1730 until 1860. Based on archival data, oral history and the literature, the author paints an overall picture of this interesting Maroon-history of guerilla warfare, slave resistance and rebellion.

Author : Kofi Yakpo,Pieter C. Muysken
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781614514886

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Boundaries and Bridges by Kofi Yakpo,Pieter C. Muysken Pdf

Multidirectional language contact involving more than two languages is little described. However, it probably represents the most common type of contact in the world, where colonization, rapid socioeconomic and demographic change, and society-wide multilingualism have led to dramatic linguistic change. This book presents fascinating cases of multidirectional contact and convergence between highly diverse languages in an emerging linguistic area in Suriname and the Guianas and proposes a framework for comparable studies.