What Love Can Do

Recollected Stories of Slavery and Freedom in New Orleans and the Surrounding Area

Autori

• Arthur Mitchell

Parametri

Pagine

118pagine

Tempo di lettura

5ore

• Biografie e pensieri

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The narrative follows Henry Goody Johns, the son of a young slave girl and her Louisiana master, who faces a pivotal choice between passing for white or embracing his black heritage. Choosing to identify with his mother and siblings, he becomes a pastor after the Emancipation Proclamation, highlighting themes of identity, family loyalty, and the struggle for dignity in a post-slavery society.

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Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2012

(In brossura)