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Once We Were Slaves
The Extraordinary Journey of a Multi-Racial Jewish Family
Buch von Laura Arnold Leibman
Sprache: Englisch

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Once We Were Slaves tells the story of a brother and sister who were born enslaved Christians in Barbados yet ended up among the wealthiest white Jews in New York. Tracing the siblings' extraordinary journey throughout the Atlantic world, Leibman examines artifacts they left behind, family heirlooms, and official documents to show how this transformation was possible. Though their affluence was exceptional, their story mirrors that of the largely forgotten population of mixed African and Jewish ancestry that constituted as much as ten percent of the Jewish communities in the New World and challenges current notions regarding Jews and race in early America.
Once We Were Slaves tells the story of a brother and sister who were born enslaved Christians in Barbados yet ended up among the wealthiest white Jews in New York. Tracing the siblings' extraordinary journey throughout the Atlantic world, Leibman examines artifacts they left behind, family heirlooms, and official documents to show how this transformation was possible. Though their affluence was exceptional, their story mirrors that of the largely forgotten population of mixed African and Jewish ancestry that constituted as much as ten percent of the Jewish communities in the New World and challenges current notions regarding Jews and race in early America.
Über den Autor
Laura Arnold Leibman is Professor of English and Humanities at Reed College in Portland, OR. Her work focuses on religion and the daily lives of women and children in early America, and uses everyday objects to help bring their stories to life. She is the author of Indian Converts (U Mass Press, 2008) and Messianism, Secrecy and Mysticism: A New Interpretation of Early American Jewish Life (Vallentine Mitchell, 2012), which won a National Jewish Book Award, a Jordan Schnitzer Book Award from the Association for Jewish Studies, and was selected as one of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2013. Known, too, for her scholarship in Digital Humanities, Laura served as the Academic Director for the award-winning multimedia public television series American Passages: A Literary Survey (2003).
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Illustrations

  • Preface

  • Chapter 1: Origins (Bridgetown, 1793-1798)

  • Chapter 2: From Slave to Free (Bridgetown, 1801)

  • Chapter 3: From Christian to Jew (Suriname, 1811-12)

  • Chapter 4: The Tumultuous Island (Bridgetown, 1812-1817)

  • Chapter 5: Synagogue Seats (New York and Philadelphia, 1793-1818)

  • Chapter 6: The Material of Race (London, 1815-17)

  • Chapter 7: Voices of Rebellion (Bridgetown, 1818-24)

  • Chapter 8: A Woman Valor (New York, 1817-19)

  • Chapter 9: This Liberal City (Philadelphia, 1818-33)

  • Chapter 10: Feverish Love (New York, 1819-1830)

  • Chapter 11: When I am Gone (New York, Barbados, London, 1830-1847)

  • Chapter 12: Legacies (New York and Beyond, 1841-1860)

  • Epilogue

  • Appendix: Family Trees

  • Abbreviations

  • Bibliography

  • Notes

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Genre: Geschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
Seiten: 320
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9780197530474
ISBN-10: 0197530478
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Leibman, Laura Arnold
Hersteller: Oxford University Press, USA
Maße: 240 x 160 x 34 mm
Von/Mit: Laura Arnold Leibman
Erscheinungsdatum: 30.08.2021
Gewicht: 0,658 kg
preigu-id: 118970691
Über den Autor
Laura Arnold Leibman is Professor of English and Humanities at Reed College in Portland, OR. Her work focuses on religion and the daily lives of women and children in early America, and uses everyday objects to help bring their stories to life. She is the author of Indian Converts (U Mass Press, 2008) and Messianism, Secrecy and Mysticism: A New Interpretation of Early American Jewish Life (Vallentine Mitchell, 2012), which won a National Jewish Book Award, a Jordan Schnitzer Book Award from the Association for Jewish Studies, and was selected as one of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2013. Known, too, for her scholarship in Digital Humanities, Laura served as the Academic Director for the award-winning multimedia public television series American Passages: A Literary Survey (2003).
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Illustrations

  • Preface

  • Chapter 1: Origins (Bridgetown, 1793-1798)

  • Chapter 2: From Slave to Free (Bridgetown, 1801)

  • Chapter 3: From Christian to Jew (Suriname, 1811-12)

  • Chapter 4: The Tumultuous Island (Bridgetown, 1812-1817)

  • Chapter 5: Synagogue Seats (New York and Philadelphia, 1793-1818)

  • Chapter 6: The Material of Race (London, 1815-17)

  • Chapter 7: Voices of Rebellion (Bridgetown, 1818-24)

  • Chapter 8: A Woman Valor (New York, 1817-19)

  • Chapter 9: This Liberal City (Philadelphia, 1818-33)

  • Chapter 10: Feverish Love (New York, 1819-1830)

  • Chapter 11: When I am Gone (New York, Barbados, London, 1830-1847)

  • Chapter 12: Legacies (New York and Beyond, 1841-1860)

  • Epilogue

  • Appendix: Family Trees

  • Abbreviations

  • Bibliography

  • Notes

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Genre: Geschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
Seiten: 320
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9780197530474
ISBN-10: 0197530478
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Leibman, Laura Arnold
Hersteller: Oxford University Press, USA
Maße: 240 x 160 x 34 mm
Von/Mit: Laura Arnold Leibman
Erscheinungsdatum: 30.08.2021
Gewicht: 0,658 kg
preigu-id: 118970691
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