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Contributor(s): Phillips, Caryl (Author)

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ISBN: 0375701036     ISBN-13: 9780375701030
Publisher: Vintage
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: October 2001
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Annotation: In this fascinating inquiry into the African Diaspora, Caryl Phillips embarks on a soul-wrenching journey to the three major ports of the transatlantic slave trade.
Juxtaposing stories of the past with his own present-day experiences, Phillips combines his remarkable skills as a travel essayist with an astute understanding of history. From an West African businessman's interactions with white Methodists in nineteenth-century Liverpool to an eighteenth-century African minister's complicity in the selling of slaves to a fearless white judge's crusade for racial justice in 1940s Charleston, South Carolina, Phillips reveals the global the impact of being uprooted from one's home through resonant, powerful narratives.

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BISAC Categories:
- History | Africa - General
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies
- Travel | Essays & Travelogues
Dewey: 326
Series: Vintage International
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.1" W x 8" L (0.65 lbs) 288 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - African
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
Features: Price on Product
Review Citations: New York Times 10/21/2001 pg. 36
 
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In this fascinating inquiry into the African Diaspora, Caryl Phillips embarks on a soul-wrenching journey to the three major ports of the transatlantic slave trade.

Juxtaposing stories of the past with his own present-day experiences, Phillips combines his remarkable skills as a travel essayist with an astute understanding of history. From an West African businessman's interactions with white Methodists in nineteenth-century Liverpool to an eighteenth-century African minister's complicity in the selling of slaves to a fearless white judge's crusade for racial justice in 1940s Charleston, South Carolina, Phillips reveals the global the impact of being uprooted from one's home through resonant, powerful narratives.

 
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