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We slaves of Suriname /

Anton de Kom's We Slaves of Suriname is a literary masterpiece as well as a fierce indictment of racism and colonialism. In this classic book, published here in English for the first time, the Surinamese writer and resistance leader recounts the history of his homeland, from the first settlemen...

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Main Authors: Kom, A. de (Anton), 1898-1945
Group Author: McKay, David, 1973-
Published: Polity Press,
Publisher Address: Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA :
Publication Dates: [2022]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Dutch
Edition: English edition.
Subjects:
Slave trade > Suriname.
Antislavery movements > Suriname.
Slaves > Emancipation > Suriname.
Slavery > Suriname > History.
Racism > Suriname > History.
Esclaves > Commerce > Suriname.
Mouvements antiesclavagistes > Suriname.
Esclaves > Affranchissement > Suriname.
Racisme > Suriname > Histoire.
Antislavery movements.
Racism.
Slave trade.
Slavery.
Slaves > Emancipation.
Suriname > History.
Suriname > Histoire.
Suriname.
History.
Summary: Anton de Kom's We Slaves of Suriname is a literary masterpiece as well as a fierce indictment of racism and colonialism. In this classic book, published here in English for the first time, the Surinamese writer and resistance leader recounts the history of his homeland, from the first settlements by Europeans in search of gold through the era of the slave trade and the period of Dutch colonial rule, when the old slave mentality persisted, long after slavery had been formally abolished. --from back cover.
Item Description: "Originally published in Dutch as Wij slaven van Suriname"--Title page verso.
Carrier Form: x, 248 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-237) and index.
ISBN: 9781509549016
1509549013
9781509549023
1509549021
Index Number: HT1141
CLC: K772
Call Number: K772/K817
Contents: Frimangron / Tessa Leuwsha -- The breath of freedom / Duco van Oostrum -- Why Anton de Kom still inspires generation after generation / Mitchell Esajas -- Foreword / Judith de Kom -- We slaves of Suriname -- "Sranan," our fatherland -- The era of slavery -- The era of "freedom" -- Reunion and farewell.

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