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Availability:In StockContributor:Octavia V. Rogers AlbertPublish date:2005-09-01Pages:184
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cosimo ClassicsISBN-13:9781596052543ISBN-10:1596052546UPC:9781596052543Book Category:Social Science, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Ethnic Studies, Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, WomenBook Topic:AmericanSize:8.00 x 5.00 x 0.42 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SCA81245BQ
None but those who resided in the South during the time of slavery can realize the terrible punishments that were visited upon the slaves. Virtue and self-respect were denied them. -Octavia Albert in The House of Bondage With a fiery, righteous rage, former slave Octavia Albert set about, after Emancipation, collecting the true stories of those that "terrible institution" affected most. That raw material gave rise to The House of Bondage, a refutation to Uncle Tom's Cabin, and an answer to other works of literature of the period that purported to show the horror of slavery even though their authors had never set foot in the South. First published in 1890, this is an important example of a sadly small genre: 19th-century literature by African-American women. With its straightforward and heartbreaking litany of cruelty at the hands of slaveowners, families forever divided, and the harsh effects of particularly hard labor, this is an unforgettable work that should be read by every American who thinks he knows his nation's history. Teacher and social activist OCTAVIA V. ROGERS ALBERT (1853-c.1890) was born into slavery in Georgia; after Emancipation, she studied at Atlanta University.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cosimo ClassicsISBN-13:9781596052543ISBN-10:1596052546UPC:9781596052543Book Category:Social Science, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Ethnic Studies, Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, WomenBook Topic:AmericanSize:8.00 x 5.00 x 0.42 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SCA81245BQ
Publisher: Cosimo Classics

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