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James [text (large print)] : a novel / by Everett, Percival,author.; based on (work):Twain, Mark,1835-1910.Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.;
"From Percival Everett-a recipient of the NBCC Lifetime Achievement Award and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Booker Prize, and numerous PEN awards-comes James, a retelling of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view. When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he decides to hide on nearby Jackson Island until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck Finn has faked his own death to escape his violent father, recently returned to town. As all readers of American literature know, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and too-often-unreliable promise of the Free States and beyond. While many narrative set pieces of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn remain in place (floods and storms, stumbling across both unexpected death and unexpected treasure in the myriad stopping points along the river's banks, encountering the scam artists posing as the Duke and Dauphin ... ), Jim's agency, intelligence and compassion are shown in a radically new light. Brimming with the electrifying humor and lacerating observations that have made Everett a "cult literary icon" (Oprah Daily), and one of the most decorated writers of our lifetime, James is destined to be a major publishing event and a cornerstone of twenty-first century American literature"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Large print books.; Satirical literature.; Novels.; Finn, Huckleberry (Fictitious character); Fugitive slaves; Male friendship; Race relations; Runaway children;
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The life and times of Hannah Crafts : the true story of The Bondwoman's Narrative / by Hecimovich, Gregg A.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A groundbreaking study of the first Black female novelist and her life as an enslaved woman, from the biographer who solved the mystery of her identity, with a preface by Henry Louis Gates Jr. In 1857, a woman escaped enslavement on a North Carolina plantation and fled to a farm in New York. In hiding, she worked on a manuscript that would make her famous long after her death. The novel, The Bondwoman's Narrative, was first published in 2002 to great acclaim, but the author's identity remained unknown. Over a decade later, Professor Gregg Hecimovich unraveled the mystery of the author's name and, in The Life and Times of Hannah Crafts, he finally tells her story. In this remarkable biography, Hecimovich identifies the novelist as Hannah Bond “Crafts.” She was not only the first known Black woman to compose a novel but also an extraordinarily gifted artist who honed her literary skills in direct opposition to a system designed to deny her every measure of humanity. After escaping to New York, the author forged a new identity--as Hannah Crafts--to make sense of a life fractured by slavery. Hecimovich establishes the case for authorship of The Bondwoman's Narrative by examining the lives of Hannah Crafts's friends and contemporaries, including the five enslaved women whose experiences form part of her narrative. By drawing on the lives of those she knew in slavery, Crafts summoned into her fiction people otherwise stolen from history. At once a detective story, a literary chase, and a cultural history, The Life and Times of Hannah Crafts discovers a tale of love, friendship, betrayal, and violence set against the backdrop of America's slide into Civil War."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Crafts, Hannah.; African American women novelists; Enslaved women; Fugitive slaves; Autobiographical fiction, American;
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The Underground Railroad [videorecording] / by Atim, Sheila,1992-actor.; Crowther, Jihan,screenwriter.; Davis, Allison, (Producer),screenwriter,television producer.; De Landro, Valentine,illustrator.; Dillon, Chase W.,actor.; Edgerton, Joel,1974-actor.; Hechinger, Fred,actor.; Hoyt, Jacqueline,screenwriter.; Jenkins, Barry,1979-television director,screenwriter,author.; Mbedu, Thuso,1991-actor.; Mullan, Peter,actor.; Parker, Nathan C.,screenwriter.; Rush, Adrienne,screenwriter.; container of (work) :Jenkins, Barry,1979-Genesis.; television adaptation of (work):Whitehead, Colson,1969-Underground railroad.; Amazon Studios,production company.; Criterion Collection (Firm),publisher.;
Thuso Mbedu, Chase W. Dillon, Joel Edgerton, Fred Hechinger, Peter Mullan, Sheila Atim.Originally broadcast as single episodes of a television program in 2021.Cora, fleeing slavery, embarks on a treacherous quest for freedom and is menaced by violence, supported by a clandestine community fighting for liberation, and haunted by the people she loses along the way.14A.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fiction television programs.; Television programs.; Television mini-series.; Historical television programs.; Fugitive slaves; Underground Railroad; Antislavery movements;
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The good lord bird [videorecording] / by television adaptation of (work):McBride, James,1957-Good lord bird.; Hawke, Ethan,1970-actor,creator.; Point-Du Jour, Hubert,actor.; Knapp, Beau,actor.; Showtime Entertainment,distributor.; Showtime Networks,production company.;
Ethan Hawke, Hubert Point-Du Jour, Beau Knapp.Ethan Hawke stars as abolitionist John Brown in this series based on the novel. "Onion" is a fictional enslaved boy who becomes a member of Brown's family of abolitionist soldiers and finds himself in the 1859 raid at Harpers Ferry.14A.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Television mini-series.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fiction television programs.; Television programs.; Historical television programs.; War television programs.; Brown, John, 1800-1859; Fugitive slaves; Abolitionists; Slavery;
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Emperor [videorecording] / by Cromwell, James,actor.; Dern, Bruce,actor.; Gainey, M. C.,actor.; Graham, Katerina,1989-actor.; Johnson, Keean,1996-actor.; Lennix, Harry J.,actor.; Naughton, Naturi,1984-actor.; Okeniyi, Dayo,1988-actor.; Amin, Mark,film director,screenwriter.; Robson, Ben,actor.; Scheer, Paul,1976-actor.; Williamson, Mykelti,actor.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.;
James Cromwell, Kat Graham, Bruce Dern, Ben Robson, Keean Johnson, Mykelti Williamson, M.C. Gainey, Dayo Okeniyi, Naturi Naughton, Harry Lennix, Paul Scheer.Inspired by the legend of Shields 'Emperor' Green, a descendant of African kings turned outlaw slave in the pre-Civil War South. Seeking freedom for his family, Emperor fights his way north, joining the daring raid on Harper's Ferry and helping alter the course of American history.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0 DVS.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Historical films.; Green, Shields, 1836?-1859; Brown, John, 1800-1859; Free African Americans; Abolitionists; Fugitive slaves;
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Steal away home : one woman's epic flight to freedom -- and her long road back to the South / by Smardz Frost, Karolyn,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Biographies.; Reynolds, Cecelia Jane.; Fugitive slaves; African Americans; Black Canadians; Slaves; African Americans; Underground Railroad.; Antislavery movements;
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Big Jim and the white boy [graphic novel] : an American classic reimagined / by Walker, David,1968-author.; Anderson, Marcus Kwame,1976-illustrator.; Struble, Isabell,colourist.; based on (work):Twain, Mark,1835-1910.Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.;
"A thrilling graphic novel reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn that follows Jim, an enslaved man on a journey towards freedom, and his sidekick, Huck, in the antebellum South-from the team behind the Eisner Award-winning The Black Panther Party"--
Subjects: Historical comics.; Graphic novels.; Finn, Huckleberry (Fictitious character); African Americans; Fugitive slaves; Male friendship; Race relations; Runaway children;
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Harriet Tubman [videorecording] : visions of freedom / by London, Nicole,television director,television producer,screenwriter.; Nelson, Stanley,1951-film director,film producer.; Smith, Marcia,screenwriter.; Taylor, Paul,screenwriter.; Woodard, Alfre,1953-narrator.; PBS Distribution (Firm),distributor.; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),publisher.;
Narrated by Alfre Woodard.Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom is a rich and nuanced portrait of the woman known as a conductor of the Underground Railroad, who repeatedly risked her life and freedom to liberate others from slavery.E.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; stereophonic.
Subjects: Biographical television programs.; Documentary television programs.; Nonfiction television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913.; Abolitionists; African American abolitionists; African Americans; Antislavery movements; Fugitive slaves; Slavery; Slaves; Underground Railroad;
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Harriet [videorecording] / by Alwyn, Joe,actor.; Erivo, Cynthia,1987-actor.; Guinee, Tim,actor.; Lemmons, Kasi,film director.; Monáe, Janelle,actor.; Nettles, Jennifer,actor.; Odom, Leslie,Jr.,1981-actor.; Peters, Clarke,actor.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Jennifer Nettles, Joe Alwyn, Cynthia Erivo, Janelle Monae, Tim Guinee, Clarke Peters, Leslie Odom, Jr.Based on the thrilling and inspirational life of an iconic American freedom fighter, the movie tells the extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes. Her courage, ingenuity, and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0 DVS.
Subjects: Fiction films.; Feature films.; Biographical films.; Historical films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Still, William, 1821-1902; Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913; African American abolitionists; African American women; Antislavery movements; Fugitive slaves; Slaves; Underground Railroad;
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Harriet [videorecording] / by Alwyn, Joe,actor.; Erivo, Cynthia,1987-actor.; Guinee, Tim,actor.; Lemmons, Kasi,film director.; Monáe, Janelle,actor.; Nettles, Jennifer,actor.; Odom, Leslie,Jr.,1981-actor.; Peters, Clarke,actor.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Jennifer Nettles, Joe Alwyn, Cynthia Erivo, Janelle Monae, Tim Guinee, Clarke Peters, Leslie Odom, Jr.Based on the thrilling and inspirational life of an iconic American freedom fighter, the movie tells the extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes. Her courage, ingenuity, and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (2.39:1 aspect ratio) ; DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1, 2.0 DVS ; DTS-HD Digital surround 5.1, DTS-HD High Resolution audio 7.1 ; Dolby digital 2.0.
Subjects: Fiction films.; Feature films.; Biographical films.; Historical films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Still, William, 1821-1902; Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913; African American abolitionists; African American women; Antislavery movements; Fugitive slaves; Slaves; Underground Railroad;
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