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The United States governed by six hundred thousand despots : a true story of slavery : a rediscovered narrative, with a full biography Cover Image Book

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.

True story of slavery (portion title)
United States governed by 600,000 despots (other title)
No longer yours : (added title page title)
Jacobs, John S., 1815-1875 (author.). Schroeder, Jonathan D. S., 1981- (editor.).

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"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.

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  • ISBN: 9780226832807
  • ISBN: 0226832805
  • ISBN: 9780226684307
  • ISBN: 022668430X
  • Physical Description: xxxi, 295 pages : illustrations ; 23-24 cm
  • Publisher: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2024.

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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 -- No longer yours :the lives of John Swanson Jacobs / Jonathan D. S. Schroeder -- Prologue -- Bondservants of liberty -- Toward a new grammar of justice -- The world my country -- Epilogue: Afterlives.

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Jacobs, John S., 1815-1875.
Jacobs, Harriet A. (Harriet Ann), 1813-1897.
African Americans > North Carolina > Biography.
Fugitive slaves > North Carolina > Biography.
Enslaved persons > North Carolina > Biography.
Enslaved persons > United States > Biography.
Slavery > North Carolina.
Slavery > United States.
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Autobiographies.

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