ballast Binding:Paperback cities to rural towns

cities to rural towns

This book validates our experiences and helps us understand how they fit into the broader context of our family history and the trauma experienced by previous generations

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

ISBN: 0593300688

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ballast Binding:Paperback cities to rural townsA poetic sequence using the 1841 slave revolt aboard the brig Creole as a lens through which to view the vitality of Black lives and the afterlife of slavery. In 1841, the only successful, large scale revolt of American born enslaved people erupted on the ship Creole. 135 people escaped chattel slavery that day. The event was recounted in US Senate documents, including letters exchanged between US and British consulates in The Bahamas and depositions