Barker-Benfield, G. J.

The dramatic story of Phillis Wheatley, a free, black poet who resisted the pressures of arranged marriage, truly embodying the ideals of the American Revolution
There is an uncomfortable paradox at the heart of the American Revolution: many of... Lire la suite

This book highlights the significant role played by Ignatius Sancho (c. 1729-80), the first black man to vote in England, in the British abolitionist movement. Examining the letters of Sancho, and especially his correspondence with the influential... Lire la suite

Now a classic in the field, The Horrors of the Half-Known**Life is an important foundational text in the construction of masculinity, female identity, and the history of midwivery.