Biography and the Black Atlantic

Biography and the Black Atlantic

Editor	Lisa A. Lindsay, John Wood Sweet
Language	English
Series	The Early Modern Americas
Subject	Atlantic history
Genre	Non-fiction, history
Publisher	University of Pennsylvania Press
Publication date	2013 [a]
Pages	384
ISBN	978-0812245462
Website	University of Pennsylvania Press

Biography and the Black Atlantic is a book edited by Lisa A. Lindsay and John Wood Sweet and published in 2013, by the University of Pennsylvania Press. The work examines biographies and autobiographies of African-descended individuals from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. These narratives offer personal insight into slavery and the African diaspora. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Academic journal reviews

• Alexander, William H. "Lisa A. Lindsay and John Wood Sweet, eds., Biography and the Black Atlantic". The Journal of African American History. 100 (3): 522–525. doi:10.5323/jafriamerhist.100.3.0522.
• Bollettino, Maria Alessandra (2014). "Reviewed work: Biography and the Black Atlantic, Lisa A. Lindsay, John Wood Sweet". The Journal of American History. 101 (3): 912–913. doi:10.1093/jahist/jau533. JSTOR   44286342.
• Fogleman, Aaron Spencer (2015). "Reviewed work: Biography and the Black Atlantic. (Early Modern Americas), Lisa A. Lindsay, John Wood Sweet". The American Historical Review. 120 (5): 1856–1857. doi:10.1093/ahr/120.5.1856a. JSTOR   43697091.
• Fortin, Jeffrey A. (2014). "Atlantic Lives, Atlantic Sources". The Journal of African History. 55 (3): 500–501. doi:10.1017/S0021853714000474. JSTOR   43305223.
• Gould, Philip (2015). "Reviewed work: Biography and the Black Atlantic, LISA A. LINDSAY, JOHN WOOD SWEET". Early American Literature. 50 (1): 244–248. doi:10.1353/eal.2015.0017. JSTOR   24476624.
• Greene, Sandra E. (2015). "Reviewed work: Biography and the Black Atlantic, Lisa Lindsay, John Wood Sweet". African Studies Review. 58 (1): 259–261. doi:10.1017/asr.2015.20. JSTOR   43905022.
• Lovejoy, Paul E. (2015). "Reviewed work: Biography and the Black Atlantic, Lisa A. Lindsay, John Wood Sweet". The Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 45 (4): 606–607. doi:10.1162/JINH_r_00787. JSTOR   43829705.
• Sidbury, James; Lindsay, Lisa A.; Sweet, John Wood (2016). "Reviewed work: Biography and the Black Atlantic, LindsayLisa A., SweetJohn Wood". New West Indian Guide. 90 (3/4): 313–314. doi: 10.1163/22134360-09003013 . JSTOR   26552024.
• West, Elizabeth J. (2016). "Reviewed work: Biography and the Black Atlantic, Lisa A. Lindsay, John Wood Sweet". The Americas. 73 (2): 260–262. doi:10.1017/tam.2016.41. JSTOR   43897487.

Publication history

• 2013, Hardcover edition.

See also

• Atlantic history
• Atlantic slave trade
• Atlantic slave trade to Brazil
• Slavery in the United States

References

Notes

1. Kindle ebook published in 2014.

Citations

1. Bollettino 2014.
2. Fortin 2014.
3. Lovejoy 2015.

External links

• Lindsay, L. A., Sweet, J. W., eds. (December 31, 2014). Biography and the Black Atlantic. University of Pennsylvania Press. doi:10.9783/9780812208702. ISBN   978-0-8122-4546-2.
• Biography and the Black Atlantic, University of Pennsylvania Press
• Biography and the Black Atlantic, Google Books
• Biography and the Black Atlantic, Worldcat