The Memoir of James Jackson, the Attentive and Obedient Scholar, Who Died in Boston, October 31, 1833, Aged Six Years and Eleven Months Paperback - 2000
by Susan Paul
From the rear cover
"The design of this Memoir is, to present the incidents in the life of a little colored boy". So begins the life story of James Jackson, as set down by his African American teacher, Susan Paul, in 1835, as an example to other children and adults who might learn from the boy's goodness. This remarkable document -- the first African American biography and a work which predates Harriet Jacobs' Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by almost thirty years -- is a lost treasure from the annals of African American history. With its combination of eyewitness accounts, personal testimony, and excerpts from traditional Sunday school texts, the Memoir is an extraordinary social history rooted in both nineteenth-century evangelicalism and the experiences of free African Americans. Susan Paul's portrayal of James Jackson's Christian sensibility, his idealism, and his racial awareness emphasizes his humanity and exemplary American character over his racial identity, even as it embeds him in his African American community.
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- Title The Memoir of James Jackson, the Attentive and Obedient Scholar, Who Died in Boston, October 31, 1833, Aged Six Years and Eleven Months
- Author Susan Paul
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 192
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harvard University Press, Cambridge
- Date 2000-02-29
- ISBN 9780674002371 / 0674002377
- Weight 0.48 lbs (0.22 kg)
- Dimensions 7.66 x 5.1 x 0.55 in (19.46 x 12.95 x 1.40 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Cultural Region: New England
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Geographic Orientation: Massachusetts
- Locality: Boston-Worcester, Mass.
- Library of Congress subjects Boston (Mass.), Jackson, James
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 99051781
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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Citations
- Booklist, 02/15/2000, Page 1079
- Library Journal, 03/01/2000, Page 113
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