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We slaves of Suriname / Anton de Kom ; translated by David McKay.

By:

Kom, A. de (Anton), 1898-1945 [author.]

Contributor(s):

McKay, David, 1973- [translator.]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

1509549013
9781509549016
1509549021
9781509549023

Uniform titles:

Wij slaven van Suriname. English

Subject(s): Genre/Form:

History.

DDC classification:

2022 DC 306.36209883 D369

Other classification:

15.85

Contents:

Frimangron / Tessa Leuwsha -- The breath of freedom / Duco van Oostrum -- Why Anton de Kom still inspires generation after generation / Mitchell Esajas -- Foreword / Judith de Kom -- We slaves of Suriname -- "Sranan," our fatherland -- The era of slavery -- The era of "freedom" -- Reunion and farewell.

Summary: Anton de Kom's We Slaves of Suriname is a literary masterpiece as well as a fierce indictment of racism and colonialism. In this classic book, published here in English for the first time, the Surinamese writer and resistance leader recounts the history of his homeland, from the first settlements by Europeans in search of gold through the era of the slave trade and the period of Dutch colonial rule, when the old slave mentality persisted, long after slavery had been formally abolished. --from back cover.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Circulation	UM Digos College - LIC	Circulation	DC 306.36209883 D369 2022 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	2	Available		28109
Circulation	UM Digos College - LIC	Circulation	DC 306.36209883 D369 2022 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		26592

Includes index.

Anton de Kom's We Slaves of Suriname is a literary masterpiece as well as a fierce indictment of racism and colonialism. In this classic book, published here in English for the first time, the Surinamese writer and resistance leader recounts the history of his homeland, from the first settlements by Europeans in search of gold through the era of the slave trade and the period of Dutch colonial rule, when the old slave mentality persisted, long after slavery had been formally abolished. --from back cover.

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