Dark Convicts

von

Johnson, Judy

TaschenbuchKartoniert, Paperback

138 Seiten

Englisch

Casa Editrice Leo S. Olschkierschienen am01.02.2017

It is a little known fact that eleven African American convicts arrived in Australia on the First Fleet in 1788. Two of these ex-slaves were the author's ancestors. In extensively researched poems, award-winning writer Judy Johnson vividly portrays scenes from her black forebearers' lives, both before transportation and afterwards, in the fledgling colony of New South Wales. Dark Convicts uncovers a little known aspect of Australian colonial history, told from the unique vantage point of a descendant. (Series: UWAP Poetry) [Subject: Poetry]mehr

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KlappentextIt is a little known fact that eleven African American convicts arrived in Australia on the First Fleet in 1788. Two of these ex-slaves were the author's ancestors. In extensively researched poems, award-winning writer Judy Johnson vividly portrays scenes from her black forebearers' lives, both before transportation and afterwards, in the fledgling colony of New South Wales. Dark Convicts uncovers a little known aspect of Australian colonial history, told from the unique vantage point of a descendant. (Series: UWAP Poetry) [Subject: Poetry]

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ISBN/GTIN978-1-74258-918-3

ProduktartTaschenbuch

EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback

Verlag

Casa Editrice Leo S. Olschki

Erscheinungsjahr2017

Erscheinungsdatum01.02.2017

ReiheUwap Poetry

Seiten138 Seiten

SpracheEnglisch

MasseBreite 140 mm, Höhe 210 mm, Dicke 9 mm