Of greed and glory : in pursuit of freedom for all
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New York : Amistad, 2024.
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Book
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First edition.
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384 pages ; 23 cm
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Meadville Public Library
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Published
New York : Amistad, 2024.
Edition
First edition.
Street Date
202402
Language
English
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A ground-breaking, personal exploration of America's obsession with continuing human bondage from the editor of the New York Times-bestselling Barracoon.Freedom and equality are the watchwords of American democracy. But like justice, freedom and equality are meaningless when there is no corresponding practical application of the ideals they represent. Physical, bodily liberty is fundamental to every American's personal sovereignty. And yet, millions of Americans-including author Deborah Plant's brother, whose life sentence at Angola Prison reveals a shocking current parallel to her academic work on the history of slavery in America-are deprived of these basic freedoms every day.In her studies of Zora Neale Hurston, Deborah Plant became fascinated by Hurston's explanation for the atrocities of the international slave trade. In her memoir,Dust Tracks on a Road, Hurston wrote: "But the inescapable fact that stuck in my craw, was: my people hadsoldme and the white people had bought me. . . . It impressed upon me the universal nature of greed and glory." We look the other way when the basic human rights of marginalized and stigmatized groups are violated and desecrated, not realizing that only the practice of justice everywhere secures justice, for any of us, anywhere.An active vigilance is required of those who would be and remain free; with Of Greed and Glory, Deborah Plant reveals the many ways in which slavery continues in America today and charts our collective course toward personal sovereignty for all.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Plant, D. G. (2024). Of greed and glory: in pursuit of freedom for all (First edition.). Amistad.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Plant, Deborah G., 1956-. 2024. Of Greed and Glory: In Pursuit of Freedom for All. Amistad.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Plant, Deborah G., 1956-. Of Greed and Glory: In Pursuit of Freedom for All Amistad, 2024.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Plant, Deborah G. Of Greed and Glory: In Pursuit of Freedom for All First edition., Amistad, 2024.
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