The History of a Slave (Hardcover, Revised ed.)

In 1889, the British colonial official Sir Harry Johnston published The History of a Slave, a story of an archetypal slave based on Johnston’s extensive knowledge of North and West Africa from his travels there. The tale follows the fictitious slave from the grasslands of Cameroon northward through the commercial centres of the Sudan, at the time part of the Sokoto empire in what is now Nigeria. Eventually, the slave is taken across the Sahara to North Africa, where he recounts his experiences to his Muslim master. The details of life as an African slave come from accounts given personally to Johnston by slaves in the Barbary States and in West Equatorial Africa, particularly by Mbudikum people -- slaves who witnessed cannibalism, brutal public executions, rape and torturous forced migrations, but also the inner workings of the Sultan’s court and the Sultan’s army. The original book was published together with some 47 illustrations of scenes in Africa that were drawn by Johnston, and are reproduced in this edition with a new introduction and annotations by Paul Lovejoy.

General

Imprint:	Markus Wiener Publishing Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	2012
Authors:	H.H. Johnston
Editors:	Paul Lovejoy
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	176
Edition:	Revised ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-55876-553-5
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General
LSN:	1-55876-553-0
Barcode:	9781558765535

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