Bøger af Michael Roy

How children helped abolish slaveryDuring the antebellum period, several abolitionist figures, including William Lloyd Garrison, the editor of the Liberator; Susan Paul, an African American primary school teacher; Henry Clarke Wright, a white reformer; and Frederick Douglass, the internationally renowned activist, consistently appealed to the sympathies of children against slavery. In 1835, Garrison proclaimed, "If . . . we desire to see our land delivered from the curse of PREJUDICE and SLAVERY, we must direct our efforts chiefly to the rising generation." This rallying cry found a receptive audience and ignited action.Despite their limited scholarly exploration, children occupied a crucial position within the US abolition movement. Through a reexamination of archival materials including antislavery newspapers, correspondence, and autobiographies, Young Abolitionists is the first book to center children's participation in the campaign to eradicate slavery in the United States.Michaël Roy uncovers how young advocates-Black and white alike-confidently delivered antislavery speeches within their schools, enrolled in juvenile antislavery societies, and contributed to the editorial process of antislavery newspapers. They aided fugitive slaves, attended antislavery fairs, and engaged in activities commemorating John Brown's legacy. They even affixed their signatures to antislavery petitions, thus challenging the boundaries of their own citizenship.Abolitionists saw childhood as a force for social change. With the help of parents and teachers, children acted in concrete ways against slavery and made a meaningful contribution toward its demise. Young Abolitionists honors their contributions and reminds us that children can-and must-be included in the fight for a better world.

"Written by a French political refugee from the Revolution of 1848 for an American audience, Escapes from Cayennetraces the details of Leon Chautard's many imprisonments and attempts at escape. Initially imprisoned in France (Le Havre, Brest, and Belle Ille), Chautard was then sent to Algeria and, eventually, to the penal colony of Cayenne. He was assigned the number 170 upon his arrival in French Guyane in September 1852 and escaped five years later. The bulk of the narrative details his escape from Cayenne along with two of his fellow prisoners. It also illuminates their encounters with various colonial officials, free and enslaved Africans, Indigenous peoples, and English, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, and American colonists. The narrative also serves as a brief explanation of what "socialism" meant to the folks he encountered. Roy's critical edition of Escapes not only includes an annotated version of Chautard's narrative, but also a substantial introduction that discusses the French Revolution of 1848; republicanism and socialism; forced exile to Algeria and Cayenne; French republican exiles who ended up in the United States; their antislavery activism; the connections between the European spirit of '48 and American abolitionism; the pamphlet itself; and its publication and reception. Roy has also included several adjacent primary sources ("supplementary readings") that help fill out Chautard's story and the broader context of his experiences"--

Excavations in 2007-8, ahead of an extension to the Bon Accord Centre in Aberdeen, uncovered backlands that would have formed part of the industrial quarter of the medieval town. The excavation charts the changing nature of the area, from an industrial zone in the medieval period, to horticultural and domestic spaces in post-medieval times.