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Prophet against slavery : Benjamin Lay : a graphic novel
- Title
- Prophet against slavery : Benjamin Lay : a graphic novel / David Lester, with Marcus Rediker and Paul Buhle.
- Author
- Lester, David, 1958-
- Publication
- Boston : Beacon Press, [2021]
- ©2021
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc F 23-16 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
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- Description
- 117 pages : illustrations; 26 cm
- Summary
- "Prophet against Slavery illustrates the life and times of an eighteenth-century dwarf abolitionist who performed guerrilla theater against slaveowners and became one of the first to demand immediate and abolition"--
- Alternative Title
- Benjamin Lay : a graphic novel
- Subject
- Lay, Benjamin, 1677-1759 > Comic books, strips, etc
- Lay, Benjamin, 1677-1759
- 1700-1799
- Abolitionists > United States > Biography > Comic books, strips, etc
- Quaker abolitionists > United States > Biography > Comic books, strips, etc
- Slavery > United States > History > 18th century > Comic books, strips, etc
- Quakers > Comic books, strips, etc
- Antislavery movements > United States > History > 18th century > Comic books, strips, etc
- Dwarfs (Persons) > Comic books, strips, etc
- Abolitionists
- Antislavery movements
- Dwarfs (Persons)
- Quakers
- Comic books, strips, etc
- Quaker abolitionists
- Slavery
- United States
- Genre/Form
- Graphic novels.
- Biographical comics.
- Nonfiction comics.
- Comics adaptations.
- History.
- Biographies.
- Note
- "Text adapted from The fearless Benjamin Lay : the Quaker dwarf who became the first revolutionary abolitionist"--Title page verso
- Contents
- Graphic adaptation of The fearless Benjamin Lay -- Postcript -- Afterword : why we need Benjamin Lay -- Comics art and the artist / by Paul Buhle.
- Call Number
- Sc F 23-16
- ISBN
- 9780807081792
- 0807081795
- LCCN
- 2021012708
- OCLC
- 1243009662
- Author
- Lester, David, 1958- adapter, artist.
- Title
- Prophet against slavery : Benjamin Lay : a graphic novel / David Lester, with Marcus Rediker and Paul Buhle.
- Publisher
- Boston : Beacon Press, [2021]
- Copyright Date
- ©2021
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Chronological Term
- 1700-1799
- Added Author
- Rediker, Marcus, author.Buhle, Paul, 1944- author.Graphic novelization of (work): Rediker, Marcus. Fearless Benjamin Lay.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Rediker, Marcus, 1951- Prophet against slavery. Boston : Beacon Press, 2021 9780807081808 (DLC) 2021012709
- Research Call Number
- Sc F 23-16