Gisli Palsson ; translated from the Icelandic by Anna Yates.
وضعیت ویراست
وضعيت ويراست
Revised and updated edition.
وضعیت نشر و پخش و غیره
محل نشرو پخش و غیره
Chicago :
نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره
The University of Chicago Press,
تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره
2016.
مشخصات ظاهری
نام خاص و کميت اثر
xiii, 288 pages :
ساير جزييات
illustrations (some color), maps ;
ابعاد
24 cm
یادداشتهای مربوط به کتابنامه ، واژه نامه و نمایه های داخل اثر
متن يادداشت
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-273) and index.
یادداشتهای مربوط به مندرجات
متن يادداشت
Prologue: a man of many worlds -- 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 -- Epilogue: biographies.
بدون عنوان
0
یادداشتهای مربوط به خلاصه یا چکیده
متن يادداشت
After being born into slavery in St. Croix in 1784, Hans was taken as a slave to Denmark. Having enlisted in the navy and fighting on behalf of Denmark, he declared himself a free man. When he lost one of the most notorious slavery cases in European history, Hans ran away--never to be heard from in Denmark again. After over two hundred years, it was discovered that he fled to Iceland, where he became a merchant and farmer, married, and raised two children. Today, he has become something of an Icelandic icon, claimed for his daring life and courage.--From front book flap.