The People of the River: Nature and Identity in Black Amazonia, 1835–1945

The People of the River: Nature and Identity in Black Amazonia, 1835–1945In this history of the black peasants of Amazonia, Oscar de la Torre focuses on the experience of African descended people navigating the transition from slavery to freedom. He draws on social and environmental history to connect them intimately to the natural landscape and to Indigenous peoples. Relying on this world as a repository for traditions, discourses, and strategies that they retrieved especially in moments of conflict, Afro Brazilians

The book presents the ships chronologically

The translations are accompanied by detailed endnotes as well as genealogies of the artists

inevitable revolts that broke Judean identity completely

We just need to believe it

Sana had to rebuild his life—and his identity—and set out to do so in a way that focused principally on the meaning and importance of love

opportunity hoarding

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landlord and property owner

only to have him manage an escape from confinement

and an alleged relationship to a beautiful young Loyalist in Philadelphia named Peggy Shippen

Syreeta begins to expose the many scars that layer her soul—healing the guilt

This unique new series presents its story as prose by Ridley married with beautifully realized color illustrations from a selection of exciting illustrators and comics artists