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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
022668430X
ISBN-13
9780226684307
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2334235402
Product Key Features
Book Title
United States Governed by Six Hundred Thousand Despots : A True Story of Slavery; a Rediscovered Narrative, with a Full Biography
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Topic
American / African American, United States / General, Historical, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies, African American
Publication Year
2024
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, Literary Collections, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
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0.7 in
Item Weight
16 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
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Trade
LCCN
2023-039961
Dewey Edition
23
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The United States Governed by Six Hundred Thousand Despots is a memoir that can be divided into three major facets of the life of John Swanson Jacobs. Jacobs lived his life as an ensnared North Carolinian slave, a free mariner travelling the world, and a fugitive slave abolitionist lecturing in the northeast American states. . . . What is unusual about John Jacobs's memoir is that it was completely written by the subject himself. Most slave narratives have been filtered through white abolitionists and editors, at times with the hard edges of slave life softened, to appeal to a white readership. . . . Jacobs's story and manifesto will not only enlighten readers about the past, but also about the world as it is today. There are lessons to be learned., To Jonathan Schroeder's credit, his extensive research into the facts of Jacobs's life allows readers to draw their own conclusions from the primary texts and detailed notes. There is no need to exaggerate his character to recog-nize a very good man, a man whose personal account is well worth our further study, and a man we are glad to meet as a fellow American., Discovering forgotten or overlooked sources is always exciting. Jonathan D. S. Schroeder recently rediscovered John Swanson Jacobs's narrative The United States Governed by Six Hundred Thousand Despots: A True Story of Slavery . Jacobs's narrative, which had been published in an Australian newspaper in 1855, had been largely forgotten. . . . Jacobs took to the sea and, like many other Black sailors, saw himself as a cosmopolitan and the world as his country. . . . Schroeder details how Jacobs challenged many of the conventions of enslaved narratives. . . . Interestingly, in light of the recent discussion about 1619 vs. 1776, Jacobs mentioned another date entirely--1522. His use of 1522 should remind readers that slavery did not begin in the Americas in 1619 and that it had existed for more than a century when the first enslaved people were brought to what is now the United States. 'The history of the global slave narrative has yet to be told,' (xxx). Schroeder correctly concludes. Jacobs's narrative will help scholars begin to tell this important story., In rescuing Jacobs from history's lost-and-found, Schroeder introduces . . . readers to a writer who not only experienced the worst of America but pointed a righteous finger at all those responsible., The rediscovery of a long-forgotten slave narrative would be notable enough. But this one, scholars who have seen it say, is unique for its global perspective and its uncensored fury, from a man living far outside the trans-Atlantic network of white abolitionists who often limited what the formerly enslaved could write about their experiences., In Jacob's memoir, which is accompanied by a biography by Jonathan D. S. Schroeder, who unearthed the original version from an 1855 newspaper, Jacobs decides to go for broke. His writing is wry, unforgiving, and full of fury. It's hard to take your eyes off the page., This is an important addition to both primary and secondary literature of Black abolitionist activism and ex-slave narratives., Jacobs's story and manifesto will not only enlighten readers about the past, but also about the world as it is today. There are lessons to be learned., The rediscovery and republication of Six Hundred Thousand Despots by Jonathan Schroeder. . . is a signal scholarly achievement. Given that millions toiled in American slavery until its final, constitutional abolition in 1865, the list of 100 or so surviving works by freed or escaped slaves is regrettably short. Thus, the addition of this work, running 74 pages and containing much material worth pondering, is a rare and exciting event.
Dewey Decimal
973.049607300922
Table Of Content
Introduction: A Global Slave Narrative xi A Note on the Text xxxi The United States Governed by Six Hundred Thousand Despots: A True Story of Slavery John Swanson Jacobs One The Death of Mrs. Hanablue, and the Sale of Her Slaves at Public Auction Two The Happy Family, or Practical Christianity Three Brutality and Murder among Slaves Four The Different Ways of Punishing Slaves Five My Sister Has Run Away, My Aunt, Two Children, and Myself Sent to Gaol Six My Fifth and Last Master Seven Dr. Sawyer's Death--His Brother's Election to Congress--and Marriage--and My Escape from Him Eight My Voyage to the South Seas, and the Object of the Voyage--My Sister's Escape, and Our Meeting Nine The Laws of the United States respecting Slavery Ten The Agreement between the North and South at the Adoption of the Constitution Eleven The Declaration of American Independence, with Interlineations of United States and State Laws No Longer Yours: The Lives of John Swanson Jacobs Jonathan D. S. Schroeder Prologue One Bondservants of Liberty Two Toward a New Grammar of Justice Three The World My Country Epilogue: Afterlives John Jacobs at First Sight: Notes on a Frontispiece List of Emendations Appendix 1: Writings by John Swanson Jacobs Appendix 2: Writings on John Swanson Jacobs Acknowledgments Abbreviations Notes Index
Synopsis
For one hundred and sixty-eight years, a first-person slave narrative written by John Swanson Jacobs-brother of Harriet Jacobs-was buried in a pile of newspapers in Australia. Jacobs's long-lost narrative, The United States Governed by Six Hundred Thousand Despots, is a startling and revolutionary discovery. A document like this-written by an ex-slave and ex-American, in language charged with all that can be said about America outside America, untampered with and unedited by white abolitionists-has never been seen before. A radical abolitionist, sailor, and miner, John Jacobs has a life story that is as global as it is American. Born into slavery, by 1855 he had fled both the South and the United States altogether, becoming a stateless citizen of the world and its waters. That year, he published his life story in an Australian newspaper, far from American power and its threats. Unsentimental and unapologetic, Jacobs radically denounced slavery and the state, calling out politicians and slaveowners by their names, critiquing America's founding documents, and indicting all citizens who maintained the intolerable racist status quo. Reproduced in full, this narrative-which entwines with that of his sister and with the life of their friend Frederick Douglass-here opens new horizons for how we understand slavery, race, and migration, and all that they entailed in nineteenth-century America and the world at large. The second half of the book contains a full-length, nine-generation biography of Jacobs and his family by literary historian Jonathan Schroeder. This new guide to the world of John Jacobs will transform our sense of it-and of the forces and prejudices built into the American project. To truly reckon with the lives of John Jacobs is to see with new clarity that in 1776 America embarked on two experiments at once: one in democracy, the other in tyranny., Lost on the other side of the world since 1855, the story of John Swanson Jacobs finally returns to America. This comprehensive edition includes Jacobs's narrative in full alongside a full-length biography. For one hundred and sixty-nine years, a first-person slave narrative written by John Swanson Jacobs--brother of Harriet Jacobs--was buried in a pile of newspapers in Australia. Jacobs's long-lost narrative, The United States Governed by Six Hundred Thousand Despots , is a startling and revolutionary discovery . A document like this--written by an ex-slave and ex-American, in language charged with all that can be said about America outside America, untampered with and unedited by white abolitionists--has never been seen before. A radical abolitionist, sailor, and miner, John Jacobs has a life story that is as global as it is American. Born into slavery, by 1855, he had fled both the South and the United States altogether, becoming a stateless citizen of the world and its waters. That year, he published his life story in an Australian newspaper, far from American power and its threats. Unsentimental and unapologetic, Jacobs radically denounced slavery and the state, calling out politicians and slaveowners by their names, critiquing America's founding documents, and indicting all citizens who maintained the racist and intolerable status quo. Reproduced in full, this narrative--which entwines with that of his sister and with the life of their friend Frederick Douglass--here opens new horizons for how we understand slavery, race, and migration, and all that they entailed in nineteenth-century America and the world at large. The second half of the book contains a full-length, nine-generation biography of Jacobs and his family by literary historian Jonathan Schroeder. This new guide to the world of John Jacobs will transform our sense of it--and of the forces and prejudices built into the American project. To truly reckon with the lives of John Jacobs is to see with new clarity that in 1776, America embarked on two experiments at once: one in democracy, the other in tyranny.
LC Classification Number
E450.J33 2024
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