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I Was Born in the Forest
A Traveler's Guide to Quilombos, the Citadels of African Resistance to Slavery in Portuguese America, and a Story of...
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Sprache: Englisch

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I Was Born in the Forest encapsulates the freedom struggle of Africans brought to the Americas in the bowels of slave ships from Congo, Angola, and other parts of Central Africa. In the seventeenth century, many defied the odds by escaping and establishing Afrocentric communities in the mountains in Brazil. Palmares, the most notable among them, existed from 1605 to 1694.

Palmares was the forerunner of Black towns in America, and its mesmerizing leader, Zumbi, belongs among the pantheon of heroic African-descended leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr., Francois Dominique Toussaint Louverture, and many others. He and his people rose from nothing in a hostile, foreign land to create an enduring Black republic in colonial Brazil.

Palmares and Zumbi have become transcendent icons of hope, perseverance, and the tenacity of African-descended people and all colonialized peoples who strive for and refuse to accept anything but unfettered freedom. Through a mix of travelogue and history, their story comes alive.
I Was Born in the Forest encapsulates the freedom struggle of Africans brought to the Americas in the bowels of slave ships from Congo, Angola, and other parts of Central Africa. In the seventeenth century, many defied the odds by escaping and establishing Afrocentric communities in the mountains in Brazil. Palmares, the most notable among them, existed from 1605 to 1694.

Palmares was the forerunner of Black towns in America, and its mesmerizing leader, Zumbi, belongs among the pantheon of heroic African-descended leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr., Francois Dominique Toussaint Louverture, and many others. He and his people rose from nothing in a hostile, foreign land to create an enduring Black republic in colonial Brazil.

Palmares and Zumbi have become transcendent icons of hope, perseverance, and the tenacity of African-descended people and all colonialized peoples who strive for and refuse to accept anything but unfettered freedom. Through a mix of travelogue and history, their story comes alive.
Über den Autor
Otis L. Lee Jr. is a retired attorney, formerly a member of both the Pennsylvania and Virginia Bar. He previously served on the faculties of several Midwestern and East Coast universities and as a director, coordinator, and contributing author to the Howard University School of Business 1980 project to revise and edit the US Department of Commerce manual. Lee is also the author of the memoir From South Boston to Cambridge: The Making of One Philadelphia Lawyer and The Last Train from Djibouti: Africa Beckons Me, But America Is My Home. Lee's career has included assignments with the Harris Trust and Savings Bank in Chicago, Illinois, as a trust-new-business solicitor, with the US Chamber of Commerce as a panel executive on product liability, and with the New York Life Insurance Company as an advanced underwriting consultant for the Mid-Atlantic region.
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Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Fachbereich: Regionalgeschichte
Genre: Geschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
Titelzusatz: A Traveler's Guide to Quilombos, the Citadels of African Resistance to Slavery in Portuguese America, and a Story of Black Spartacus
ISBN-13: 9798888242391
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Lee Jr., Otis L.
Hersteller: Koehler Books
Maße: 235 x 157 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Otis L. Lee Jr.
Erscheinungsdatum: 31.03.2024
Gewicht: 0,639 kg
Artikel-ID: 128551342
Über den Autor
Otis L. Lee Jr. is a retired attorney, formerly a member of both the Pennsylvania and Virginia Bar. He previously served on the faculties of several Midwestern and East Coast universities and as a director, coordinator, and contributing author to the Howard University School of Business 1980 project to revise and edit the US Department of Commerce manual. Lee is also the author of the memoir From South Boston to Cambridge: The Making of One Philadelphia Lawyer and The Last Train from Djibouti: Africa Beckons Me, But America Is My Home. Lee's career has included assignments with the Harris Trust and Savings Bank in Chicago, Illinois, as a trust-new-business solicitor, with the US Chamber of Commerce as a panel executive on product liability, and with the New York Life Insurance Company as an advanced underwriting consultant for the Mid-Atlantic region.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Fachbereich: Regionalgeschichte
Genre: Geschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
Titelzusatz: A Traveler's Guide to Quilombos, the Citadels of African Resistance to Slavery in Portuguese America, and a Story of Black Spartacus
ISBN-13: 9798888242391
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Lee Jr., Otis L.
Hersteller: Koehler Books
Maße: 235 x 157 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Otis L. Lee Jr.
Erscheinungsdatum: 31.03.2024
Gewicht: 0,639 kg
Artikel-ID: 128551342
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