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

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-291) and index

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individual biography

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government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

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illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The African American odyssey of John Kizell

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

698332352

Responsibility statement

Kevin G. Lowther

Sub title

a South Carolina slave returns to fight the slave trade in his African homeland

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

Table Of Contents

Chained together -- The uprooting -- The overturning -- Exodus -- Ransomed sinners -- Abolition and illusion -- "The land of black men" -- "What a creature man is!"

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Odyssey of John Kizell

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