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BEHIND THE SCENES, OR, THIRTY YEARS A SLAVE, AND FOUR YEARS IBD

ELIZABETH KECKLEY
ALPHA EDITIONS
06 / 2021
9789354756689
Anglès

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A fearless portal to a pivotal era. Behind The Scenes opens a window not merely into a life, but into a nation in motion, where a Virginia slave society meets the forces of abolition, reform, and fierce endurance.Elizabeth Keckley?s memoir unfolds as a lucid, intimate record that blends intimate detail with sweeping history. It sits at the crossroads of historical memoir and slave narrative, offering a uniquely human perspective on power, resilience, and the daily craft of survival. The book?s form-introspective, articulate, and narrative-driven-speaks to general historical readers while inviting scholars and students of abolitionist memoirs, slavery era biographies, and Civil War era America to compare voices across time. It is a resource for education and research, a bridge between intimate recollection and public history.This edition is more than a reprint, it is a restored cultural treasure, rescued for today?s audiences and future generations. For decades out of print, it re-emerges as a collector?s item and a cornerstone of the American saga. Alpha Editions honours the work as a storied document of courage and memory, essential to any collection for readers who seek a rigorous, human-centred account in the growing field of comparative slave narratives and classic abolitionist literature.

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19,49€