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Title The man who stole himself : the slave odyssey of Hans Jonathan / Gisli Palsson ; translated from the Icelandic by Anna Yates.
Author Gísli Pálsson, 1949- author.
Publication Info. Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2016.
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Description xiii, 288 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Note Revised and updated from the original Icelandic edition Hans Jónatan, maðurinn sem stal sjálfum ser, published by Mál og menning, Reykjavík, ©2014 by Gisli Palsson.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-273) and index.
Contents The island of St. Croix -- "A house negro" -- "The mulatto Hans Jonathan" -- "Said to be the secretary" -- Among the sugar barons -- Copenhagen -- A child near the royal palace -- "He wanted to go to war" -- The general's widow v. the mulatto -- The verdict -- Iceland -- A free man -- Mountain guide -- Factor, farmer, father -- Farewell -- Descendants -- The Jonathan family -- The Eirikssons of New England -- Who stole whom? -- The lessons of history.
Subject Hans Jónatan, 1784-1827.
Fugitive slaves -- Iceland -- Djúpivogur -- Biography.
Genre Biographies.
Added Title Hans Jónatan. English
ISBN 9780226313283 (cloth ; alk. paper) : $25.00
022631328X (cloth ; alk. paper)
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