Christine Kinealy

Black Abolitionists in Ireland (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This publication traces the stories of ten black abolitionists, including Douglass, who travelled to Ireland in the decades before the American Civil War, to win support for their cause. The stories of these ten men and women, and their interactions with Ireland, are diverse and remarkable.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. April 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000065534
• Artikelnr.: 59339844

Autorenporträt

Christine Kinealy gained her PhD in Trinity College, Dublin. In 2013, she was appointed the founding Director of Ireland's Great Hunger Institute at Quinni- piac University. She has lectured and published extensively on various aspects on modern Irish history, most particularly on the Great Famine and the Irish abolition movement. Her previous publications include Frederick Douglass. In his own words (2 vols. Routledge, 2018).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Ira Aldridge (1807
1867) 'A Stranger No More' 2. Henry Lane. (c. 1825
c.1851) 'He Danced Himself to Death' 3. William P. Powell (1807
c.1879) 'A black son of Neptune' 4. Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield (c.1824
1876). 'Be Strikingly Genteel' 5. Reuben Nixon (dates unknown). 'An Incorrigible Imposter' 6. James Watkins (c. 1821
). 'The black ghost' 7. William Howard Day (1825
1900). 'A Disenfranchised 8. After Thoughts