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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Henry Box Brown , Richard Newman (Fellows and Research Officer, W.E.B. DuBois Institute for Afro-American Research, Fellows and Research Officer, W.E.B. DuBois Institute for Afro-American Research, Harvard University.) , Henry Louis Gates, Jr. , Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 13.40cm , Height: 0.60cm , Length: 20.60cm Weight: 0.095kg ISBN: 9780195148541ISBN 10: 0195148541 Pages: 112 Publication Date: 10 April 2003 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsNewman's edition has notes that are not only useful and interesting, but as moving as Brown's story itself. --New York Review of Books Highly readable and moving in its blunt description of slavery. --Philadelphia Inquirer The reader who steps into the claustrophobic box occupied by Brown encounters unforgettable reconstructions of the horror--slavery--upon which America itself was built. --Chicago Tribune What distinguishes Brown's book is its incredible, though brief and uninflected, conclusion, involving one of the most impressive escapes in American letters. --New Republic Richard Newman has performed a most outstanding and admirable service in restoring this rare and compelling text to a new generation of readers. Brown's story calls to mind in our own generation the determination to achieve democracy by oppressed people throughout the world. --Henry Louis Gates, Jr., from the Foreword Henry 'Box' Brown's daring escape from slavery is one of the great creative acts in the struggle for black freedom. This is his story. --Cornel West, Alphonse Fletcher Jr. University Professor, Harvard University This long-neglected autobiography by a self-liberated ex-slave casts new light not only on the breadth of black resistance, but on the very genre of slave narratives itself. --Jill Watts, California State University, San Marcos, author of Mae West: An Icon in Black and White Newman's edition has notes that are not only useful and interesting, but as moving as Brown's story itself. --New York Review of Books Highly readable and moving in its blunt description of slavery. --Philadelphia Inquirer The reader who steps into the claustrophobic box occupied by Brown encounters unforgettable reconstructions of the horror--slavery--upon which America itself was built. --Chicago Tribune What distinguishes Brown's book is its incredible, though brief and uninflected, conclusion, involving one of the most impressive escapes in American letters. --New Republic Richard Newman has performed a most outstanding and admirable service in restoring this rare and compelling text to a new generation of readers. Brown's story calls to mind in our own generation the determination to achieve democracy by oppressed people throughout the world. --Henry Louis Gates, Jr., from the Foreword Henry `Box' Brown's daring escape from slavery is one of the great creative acts in the struggle for black freedom. This is his story. --Cornel West, Alphonse Fletcher Jr. University Professor, Harvard University This long-neglected autobiography by a self-liberated ex-slave casts new light not only on the breadth of black resistance, but on the very genre of slave narratives itself. --Jill Watts, Associate Professor of History, California State University, San Marcos, Author of Mae West: An Icon in Black and White Author InformationRichard Newman is the Fellows and Research Officer at the W.E.B. DuBois Institute for Afro-American Research at Harvard. He is the editor of Everybody Say Freedom: Everything You Need to Know About African-American History and Go Down, Moses: Celebrating the African-American Spiritual. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is the W.E.B. DuBois Professor of the Humanities, Chair of Afro-American Studies, and Director of the W.E.B. DuBois Institute for Afro-American Research at Harvard. He is the author of several books, including The Signifying Monkey. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |