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The autobiography of a runaway slave / edited by Miguel Barnet ; translated from the Spanish by Jocasta Innes.
- Title
- The autobiography of a runaway slave / edited by Miguel Barnet ; translated from the Spanish by Jocasta Innes.
- Author
- Montejo, Esteban, 1860-1973.
- Publication
- New York : World Pub., 1969, c1968.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | CT518.M6 A33 1969x | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Barnet, Miguel, 1940-
- Description
- 223 p.; 21 cm.
- Summary
- This is the story of Esteban Montejo, who was born into slavery in Cuba, spending his youth on a sugar plantation. Later, as a runaway, he spent ten years in isolation in the forest, learning to live from teh land and becoming half savage. After slavery was abolished, he came out of hiding wot work once again in the fields, and eventually became a revolutionary.
- Series Statement
- Meridian Books ; M275
- Uniform Title
- Biografía de un cimarrón. English
- Meridian Books ; M275.
- Alternative Title
- Biografía de un cimarrón.
- Subject
- Montejo, Esteban, 1860-1973
- Genre/Form
- Autobiographies
- Note
- Translation of Biografía de un cimarrón.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Slavery. Life in the Barracoons ; Life in the forest -- Abolition. Life in the plantations -- The war of independence. Life as a revolutionary fighter.
- OCLC
- 3152689
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library