#slavenarratives

[humantraffickinginstitute]

Harriet Jacobs and the Fight for Freedom

• Escaped years of oppression • Shared firsthand accounts of enslavement • Inspired awareness about the cruelty of slavery

The life journey of this escaped slave author reflects resilience, courage, and the power of storytelling in shaping history. https://traffickinginstitute.org/incontext-harriet-jacobs/

[thebookshelfmonster]

“But we must tell our stories, and not be ensnared by them.” Ta-Nehisi Coates's historical fantasy novel The Water Dancer is a slowly and painstakingly woven narrative of resilience and persistence in the face of one of human history's most horrific episodes. Set against the backdrop of the rumblings of the American Civil War, the novel’s young black protagonist Hiram learns that he has the power of "conduction", a power shared by Harriet Tubman herself, which enables them to “fold the earth like fabric” and transport or "conduct" themselves and other people over great distances. However, to be able to access his power, he needs to access a powerful emotional memory, that of his mother, the one person he has no memory of, despite his otherwise superhuman mnemonic abilities. Memory, storytelling and the strength of a found family are important running themes in the novel, and become powerful tools in the hands of the “Tasked” in their path to freedom from the Task or enslavement. The magic of the world that Coates has constructed is also dependent on these very powerful emotions. As part of the theme of memory and community, the novel pushes for the idea that there is strength in the collective in overcoming memory as a burden and turning it into a tool of emancipation. The insistence on the value of found family, a family you choose for yourself, regardless of blood ties (and often, as in the case of Hiram, despite blood ties) becomes an act of resistance in the face of the fear and mistrust of love and attachment that the conditions of slavery would try to enforce on its victims. Another important theme in the novel is that of the relationship between water, memory and community. This speaks to broader themes relating to water and Atlantic slavery that I will explore in a future post. 5/5 🌟& full review on #goodreads (link in bio) Cover art: Calida Garcia Rawles #tanehisicoates #thewaterdancer #historicalfiction #slavenarratives #historyofslavery #atlanticslavetrade #middlepassage #harriettubman #blackhistory #blackliterature #bookstagramusa #bookrecommendations #bookstagram #foundfamily #fantasygenre #magicrealism #fivestarread #bestbooksof2019 https://www.instagram.com/p/CRSISJKrFY0/?utm_medium=tumblr

[shopapanaki]

Today's Art Appreciation is Travis Somerville, ‘Historical Blindness’ (detail) Painting on vintage cotton picking sack. @travissomerville #historicalblindness #artappreciation #blackartmatters #slavenarratives #blackfineart #artistoninstagram #blackhistory (at Toronto, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/CE1yXfSg3th/?igshid=mgzl6z959xlw

[hemanchong]

#Kindred is a novel by American writer #OctaviaButler that incorporates #timetravel and is modeled on #slavenarratives. First published in #1979, it is still widely popular. It has been frequently chosen as a text for community-wide reading programs and book organizations, as well as being a common choice for high school and college courses. The book is the first-person account of a young #AfricanAmerican woman #writer, Dana, who finds herself being shunted in time between her #LosAngeles, California home in 1976 and a pre-Civil War Maryland plantation. There she meets her ancestors: a proud black freewoman and a white planter who has forced her into slavery and concubinage. As Dana's stays in the past become longer, the young woman becomes intimately entangled with the plantation community. She makes hard choices to survive slavery and to ensure her return to her own time. Kindred explores the dynamics and dilemmas of #antebellum #slavery from the sensibility of a late 20th-century black woman, who is aware of its legacy in contemporary #American society. Through the two interracial couples who form the emotional core of the story, the novel also explores the intersection of #power, #gender, and #raceissues, and speculates on the prospects of future #egalitarianism. While most of Butler's work is classified as science fiction, Kindred is considered to cross genre boundaries. It has been classified also as literature or African-American literature. Butler has categorized the work as "a kind of grim fantasy." #BlackLivesMatter #BlackArtistsMatter (at U.S. Embassy Singapore) https://www.instagram.com/p/CB19jPtFPBb/?igshid=ojwl8nn2r2uz

[rahmanjohnson]

It's almost time for #TheJourneyofUs! It's an anthological reading of the #SlaveNarratives. (at WEWC Radio) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtvEn9EF2ZM/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=14xbxlrr49tqw

[coralmallow]

RUN FOR IT Stories of Slaves Who Fought for Their Freedom Written and illustrated by Marcelo D'Salete 2017 Fantagraphics Books First off, stunning visual storytelling. Second how amazing to read about non American slave revolts and culture? We can get so North America centric in history. What a precious gift to have this window into Bantu narratives of their struggles. Read. Learn. Fight for change. #corallovesbooks #corallovescomics #activismcomics #resistancecomics #slavenarratives #Brazil #Bantu #MarceloDSalete #diversityincomics (at Beaverton, Oregon) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn9qYV5nYap/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=191g8g70ewnjr

[usernameisthe-blog]

The narrative excerpts presented here are a small sample of the wealth of stories available in this online collection. Some narratives contain startling descriptions of cruelty while others convey an almost nostalgic view of plantation life. These narratives provide an invaluable first-person account of slavery and the individuals it affected.

[keyshatru-blog]

Episode 7 Leah Garrett Slave Narrative