Seashore Chronicles

Seashore Chronicles
Author: Brooks M. Barnes
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Total Pages: 292
Release: 1997-10
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780813918792

ASSATEAGUE, Chincoteague, Parramore, Smith's, Hog, Wallop's: The names of Virginia's isolated barrier islands evoke their beauty and wildness, their dynamic ecology. Drawing chapters from the writings of novelists, naturalists, journalists, and outdoorsmen, Seashore Chronicles presents the history of these slender, constantly shifting landforms from the 1650s to the present. Robert E. Lee surveys the agricultural potential of Smith's Island, and a young Howard Pyle describes the Chincoteague pony penning. William Warner provides an impressionistic foreword and noted writer Tom Horton adds a contemporary chapter on the islands' survival. Eastern Shore residents Brooks Miles Barnes and Barry R. Truitt have compiled a cyclical story of economic settlement, of destruction and conservation, for those who have visited the islands many times as well as for those who have not yet experienced their alluring vitality.

Americans from Africa

Americans from Africa
Author: Peter I. Rose
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 527
Release: 2017-07-12
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 135153226X

This book is the second of a two-volume set exploring the controversies about the experiences of Americans from Africa. It contains essays on the roots of protest, including the original "Confessions of Nat Turner;" the background and character of the Civil Rights Movement; the origins and impact of Black Power; and, finally, in "Negroes Nevermore," varied views on the meaning of Black Pride. Included here are selections written by black and white social scientists, psychiatrists, historians, and political figures offered in careful juxtaposition. Among the contributors are Raymond and Alice Bauer, Robert Blauner, Stokely Carmichael, Erik Erikson, Martin Luther King, Jr., Joyce Ladner, C. Eric Lincoln, August Meier and Elliott Rudwick, Tom Mboya, Gerald Mullin, Alvin Poussaint, and Mike Thelwell. Volume I, Slavery and Its Aftermath, addresses four other issues: the retention of "Africanisms;" the impact of slavery on personality and culture; differences in the experiences of living in the South and North; and matters of community, class and family. Originally published in 1970, these volumes have stood the test of time. Each of the issues considered still resonate in American society and all are critical to understanding many matters that still confront many Americans from Africa.

The Confessions of Nat Turner

The Confessions of Nat Turner
Author: Nat Turner
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2019-11-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

William Styron's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, 'The Confessions of Nat Turner', tells the story of the historical figure's slave rebellion in Virginia in 1831. Presented as a first-person narrative, Nat Turner's account is based on his "confession" to his lawyer, Thomas Ruffin Gray, although historians note inaccuracies and possible fabrications in Gray's account. Styron's novel attempts to imagine Nat Turner's character and motivations. Despite facing execution for his crimes, Nat Turner reflects on his past life and experiences with various masters, including Samuel Turner, Reverend Eppes, and Travis. The novel portrays Nat Turner's rebellion as going wrong from the start, and despite some loyal slaves supporting him, the rebellion ends with many deaths, including that of Margaret Whitehead, whom Nat reluctantly kills.

Understanding 19th-Century Slave Narratives

Understanding 19th-Century Slave Narratives
Author: Sterling Lecater Bland Jr.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2016-06-13
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 144084464X

African American slave narratives of the 19th century recorded the grim realities of the antebellum South; they also provide the foundation for this compelling and revealing work on African American history and experiences. Naturally, it is not possible to really know what being a slave during the antebellum period in America was like without living the experience. But students CAN get eye-opening insight into what it was like through the gripping stories of bravery, courage, persistence, and resiliency in this collection of annotated slave narratives from the period. Each of the collected narratives includes an introduction that provides readers with key historical context on the particular life examined. Moreover, each narrative is accompanied by annotations that broaden the reader's comprehension of that primary document. The primary source documents in this volume tell enthralling stories, such as how slave woman Ellen Craft utilized her particularly pale complexion to pose as a free white man overseeing his slaves to free herself and her husband, and how Henry Brown successfully shipped himself to freedom in a box measuring scarcely 3 feet by two feet by six inches deep—despite being more than six feet tall.

Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion

Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion
Author: Herbert Aptheker
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2012-03-08
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0486137309

First full-length study of the bloodiest slave uprising in U.S. history explores the nature of Southern society in the early 19th century and the conditions that led to the rebellion. The inspiration for the acclaimed 2016 movie Birth of a Nation.

Congressional Record

Congressional Record
Author: United States. Congress
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1026
Release: 1888
Genre: Law
ISBN:

The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)