The United States governed by six hundred thousand despots : a true story of slavery : a rediscovered narrative, with a full biography / John Swanson Jacobs ; edited by Jonathan D. S. Schroeder.
2024
E450 .J33 2024
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Title
The United States governed by six hundred thousand despots : a true story of slavery : a rediscovered narrative, with a full biography / John Swanson Jacobs ; edited by Jonathan D. S. Schroeder.
ISBN
9780226832807 hardcover
0226832805 hardcover
9780226684307 paperback
022668430X paperback
9780226832814 electronic book
0226832805 hardcover
9780226684307 paperback
022668430X paperback
9780226832814 electronic book
Published
Chicago, IL : The University of Chicago Press, 2024.
Copyright
©2024
Language
English
Description
xxxi, 295 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Call Number
E450 .J33 2024
System Control No.
(OCoLC)1398510966
Summary
"Narratives written by enslaved Africans in America are few in number. Some are transformative, like that of Harriet Jacobs; others are lesser, like the brief one attributed to Harriet's brother, John S. Jacobs. The revelation, here, of a much longer, richer, and more radical version of John's story, is a major historical event. His work is all the more significant for having been written and published in Australia, outside the sanitizing and bowdlerizing influence of the American Abolitionist movement. Jacobs's full account is a startling and clear expression of the true thoughts, words, and wide-ranging experiences of a man once enslaved"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction. A Global Slave Narrative
The United States Governed by Six Hundred Thousand Despots : A True Story Of Slavery / John Swanson Jacobs
The death of Mrs. Hanablue, and the sale of her slaves at public auction
The happy family, or practical Christianity
Brutality and murder among slaves
The different ways of punishing slaves
My sister has run away, my aunt, two children, and myself sent to Gaol
My fifth and last master
Dr. Sawyer's death, his brother's election to Congress, and marriage, and my escape from him
My voyage to the South seas, and the object of the voyage, my sister's escape, and our meeting
The laws of the United States respecting slavery
The agreement between the North and South at the adoption of the constitution
The Declaration of American Independence, with interlineations of United States and state laws
No longer yours: the lives of John Swanson Jacobs / Jonathan D.S. Schroeder
Bondservants of liberty
Toward a new grammar of justice
The world my country
Epilogue. Afterlives
John Jacobs at first sight : notes on a frontispiece
List of Emendations
Appendix 1 : Writings of John Swanson Jacobs
Appendix 2 : Writings on John Swanson Jacobs
The United States Governed by Six Hundred Thousand Despots : A True Story Of Slavery / John Swanson Jacobs
The death of Mrs. Hanablue, and the sale of her slaves at public auction
The happy family, or practical Christianity
Brutality and murder among slaves
The different ways of punishing slaves
My sister has run away, my aunt, two children, and myself sent to Gaol
My fifth and last master
Dr. Sawyer's death, his brother's election to Congress, and marriage, and my escape from him
My voyage to the South seas, and the object of the voyage, my sister's escape, and our meeting
The laws of the United States respecting slavery
The agreement between the North and South at the adoption of the constitution
The Declaration of American Independence, with interlineations of United States and state laws
No longer yours: the lives of John Swanson Jacobs / Jonathan D.S. Schroeder
Bondservants of liberty
Toward a new grammar of justice
The world my country
Epilogue. Afterlives
John Jacobs at first sight : notes on a frontispiece
List of Emendations
Appendix 1 : Writings of John Swanson Jacobs
Appendix 2 : Writings on John Swanson Jacobs
Awards
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award finalist.
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