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The man who stole himself : the slave odyssey of Hans Jonathan
After being born into slavery in St. Croix in 1784, Hans was taken as a slave to Denmark. Having enlisted in the navy and fighting on behalf of Denmark, he declared himself a free man. When he lost one of the most notorious slavery cases in European history, Hans ran away--never to be heard from in...
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| Format : | Livre |
| Langue : | anglais |
| Titre complet : | The man who stole himself : the slave odyssey of Hans Jonathan / Gisli Palsson; translated from the icelandic by Anna Yates |
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Chicago :
The University of Chicago Press
, 2016 |
| Description matérielle : | 1 vol. (XIII-288-[8] p. de pl.) |
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| Résumé : | After being born into slavery in St. Croix in 1784, Hans was taken as a slave to Denmark. Having enlisted in the navy and fighting on behalf of Denmark, he declared himself a free man. When he lost one of the most notorious slavery cases in European history, Hans ran away--never to be heard from in Denmark again. After over two hundred years, it was discovered that he fled to Iceland, where he became a merchant and farmer, married, and raised two children. Today, he has become something of an Icelandic icon, claimed for his daring life and courage. |
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| Notes : | Revised and updated from the original icelandic edition "Hans Jónatan, mađurinn sem stal sjálfum sér", published by Mál og menning, Reykjavík, 2014 by Gisli Palsson |
| Bibliographie : | Bibliogr. p. [257]-273. Notes bibliogr. Index |
| ISBN : | 978-0-226-31328-3 |