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The Resource The African American odyssey of John Kizell : a South Carolina slave returns to fight the slave trade in his African homeland, Kevin G. Lowther

The African American odyssey of John Kizell : a South Carolina slave returns to fight the slave trade in his African homeland, Kevin G. Lowther

Label
The African American odyssey of John Kizell : a South Carolina slave returns to fight the slave trade in his African homeland
Title
The African American odyssey of John Kizell
Title remainder
a South Carolina slave returns to fight the slave trade in his African homeland
Statement of responsibility
Kevin G. Lowther
Title variation
Odyssey of John Kizell
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"The inspirational story of John Kizell celebrates the life of a West African enslaved as a boy and brought to South Carolina on the eve of the American Revolution. Fleeing his owner, Kizell served with the British military in the Revolutionary War, began a family in the Nova Scotia wilderness, then returned to his African homeland to help found a settlement for freed slaves in Sierra Leone. He spent decades battling European and African slave traders along the coast and urging his people to stop selling their own into foreign bondage. This in-depth biography--based in part on Kizell's own writings--illuminates the links between South Carolina and West Africa during the Atlantic slave trade's peak decades."--Front flap of jacket
Biography type
individual biography
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Lowther, Kevin
Dewey number
  • 306.3/62092
  • B
Government publication
government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
index present
LC call number
DT516.72.K49
LC item number
L68 2011
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Kizell, John
  • African Americans
  • Sierra Leone
  • Slave trade
  • African American loyalists
  • Nova Scotia
  • Slaves
  • Sierra Leone Company
Label
The African American odyssey of John Kizell : a South Carolina slave returns to fight the slave trade in his African homeland, Kevin G. Lowther
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-291) and index
Contents
Chained together -- The uprooting -- The overturning -- Exodus -- Ransomed sinners -- Abolition and illusion -- "The land of black men" -- "What a creature man is!"
Control code
ocn698332352
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xx, 301 p.
Isbn
9781570039607
Lccn
2011005929
Other physical details
ill., maps
System control number
(OCoLC)698332352
Label
The African American odyssey of John Kizell : a South Carolina slave returns to fight the slave trade in his African homeland, Kevin G. Lowther
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-291) and index
Contents
Chained together -- The uprooting -- The overturning -- Exodus -- Ransomed sinners -- Abolition and illusion -- "The land of black men" -- "What a creature man is!"
Control code
ocn698332352
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xx, 301 p.
Isbn
9781570039607
Lccn
2011005929
Other physical details
ill., maps
System control number
(OCoLC)698332352

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