Toussaint L'Ouverture
The December 1861 New York and Boston Lecture
Universally revered as a political, military and social luminary of the late 18th and early 19th century, Toussaint is reexamined herein not in legendary terms but in the context of his pursuit of simple human dignity. Phillips illustrates Toussaint's best qualities through the colloquial English of a 19th Century abolitionist to a vast lay audience. The persistence of this landmark work lies firmly in the oration's power to humanize Toussaint. The human perspective is often lost in other works examining Toussaint due to their propensity to alternately deify or cast this remarkable man in tragic, almost Shakespearian terms. Eschewing the nobl…
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Weitere Autoren: Delince, Jerry (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-944556-02-0
- EAN: 9781944556020
- Produktnummer: 19579164
- Verlag: édition du domaine
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 144 S.
- Masse: H22.2 cm x B14.5 cm x D1.1 cm 336 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken mit Schutzumschlag
- Gewicht: 336
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