The Monthly Christian Spectator. 1851-1859
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Page : 784 pages
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Release : 1852
Category : Religion
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Page : 784 pages
File Size : 19,30 MB
Release : 1852
Category : Religion
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Page : 812 pages
File Size : 37,80 MB
Release : 1854
Category : Religion
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Page : 818 pages
File Size : 46,15 MB
Release : 2020-04-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780461703900
Author : Walter C. Rucker
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 18,68 MB
Release : 2015-09-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0253017017
“Provocative and well written . . . a must-read for any scholar interested in African identity, the transatlantic slave trade, and resistance.” —American Historical Review Although they came from distinct polities and peoples who spoke different languages, slaves from the African Gold Coast were collectively identified by Europeans as “Coromantee” or “Mina.” Why these ethnic labels were embraced and how they were utilized by enslaved Africans to develop new group identities is the subject of Walter C. Rucker’s absorbing study. Rucker examines the social and political factors that contributed to the creation of New World ethnic identities and assesses the ways displaced Gold Coast Africans used familiar ideas about power as a means of understanding, defining, and resisting oppression. He explains how performing Coromantee and Mina identity involved a common set of concerns and the creation of the ideological weapons necessary to resist the slavocracy. These weapons included obeah powders, charms, and potions; the evolution of “peasant” consciousness and the ennoblement of common people; increasingly aggressive displays of masculinity; and the empowerment of women as leaders, spiritualists, and warriors, all of which marked sharp breaks or reformulations of patterns in their Gold Coast past. “One of the book’s greatest strengths is the ways in which Rucker painstakingly traces how ethnic labels were appropriated, recast, and ultimately employed as a means to establish community bonds and resist oppression . . . Chapters that focus on the creation of the Gold Coast diaspora, religion, and women make for a captivating text that will be of interest to graduate students and specialist readers. Recommended.” —Choice
Author : Roland Austin
Publisher : London : Dawsons of Pall Mall
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 27,55 MB
Release : 1920
Category : English newspapers
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Page : 630 pages
File Size : 44,52 MB
Release : 1891
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Author : Michael Wolff
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Page : 1224 pages
File Size : 27,60 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Reference
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The Waterloo Directory of Victorian Periodicals
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Page : 812 pages
File Size : 50,41 MB
Release : 1858
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Page : 712 pages
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Release : 1968
Category : Union catalogs
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Page : 748 pages
File Size : 21,35 MB
Release : 1859
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