Poems by a slave in the island of Cuba, recently liberated
By: translated from the Spanish, by R.R. Madden, M.D. ; with the history of the early life of the Negro poet, written by himself ; to which are prefixed two pieces descriptive of Cuban slavery and the slave-traffic, by R.R.M.
Contributors: Madden, Richard Robert, 1798-1886; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Cuban Poets; Biography; Black people; Slaves; Social conditions; Plantation life; History; Slavery; Poetry; Slave trade; Law and legislation; Slavery and the church
Other titles: Poems, written in slavery, &c. &c. &c.; North American slave narratives.
Description: Compiled and translated from Spanish by Dr. R.R. Madden, this work consists of poetry, a narrative, appendix of essays relating to the state of slavery in Cuba and a glossary of terms. Dr. Madden included a preface and two of his own poems, one on slave traders, and the other on the evils of Cuban slavery. The narrative begins shortly before the birth of Juan Francisco Manzano, born as a slave in Cuba, and describes an easy, carefree childhood, his youth where he began to experience the trials and horrors of slavery, and ends on the night of his successful escape at about 38 years old. Some poems by Manzano that could not be published in Cuba were translated and included in the text.
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Transcribed from: Poems by a slave in the island of Cuba, recently liberated / translated from the Spanish, by R.R. Madden, M.D. ; with the history of the early life of the Negro poet, written by himself ; to which are prefixed two pieces descriptive of Cuban slavery and the slave-traffic, by R.R.M. London : Thomas Ward and Co., 1840. iii, v, 7-188 p. Half title page: Poems, written in slavery, &c. &c. &c. Includes errata.

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