Prophet against Slavery
Benjamin Lay, A Graphic Novel
$21.80
- Paperback
120 pages
- Release Date
5 September 2023
Summary
Prophet against Slavery is an action-packed chronicle of a remarkable and radical individual. It is based on the award-winning biography by Marcus Rediker, which prompted the Quaker community that once disowned Lay to embrace him again after 280 years. Graphic novelist David Lester brings the full scope of Lay’s activism and ideas to life.
Born in 1682 to a humble Quaker family in Essex, England, Lay was a forceful and prescient visionary. Understanding the fundamental evil t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781804293478 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1804293474 |
| Author: | David Lester, Marcus Rediker, Paul Buhle |
| Publisher: | Verso Books |
| Imprint: | Verso Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 120 |
| Release Date: | 5 September 2023 |
| Weight: | 352g |
| Dimensions: | 178mm x 254mm |
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Critics Review
Powerful charcoal sketches and … haunting images remind readers of the human cost of slavery without presuming to speak for those whose voices have been excluded from the written archive. – Dominic Davies * The Conversation *
David Lester
Marcus Rediker is Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburgh and Senior Research Fellow at the Collège d’études mondiales in Paris. He is the author of numerous prize-winning books, including The Many-Headed Hydra (with Peter Linebaugh), The Slave Ship, and The Amistad Rebellion. He produced the award-winning documentary film Ghosts of Amistad (Tony Buba, director), about how the Amistad Mutiny of 1839 lives on today in popular memory among the people of Sierra Leone.
David Lester is the co-creator of the graphic novels The Listener and the award-winning 1919: A Graphic History of the Winnipeg General Strike. His poster of anti-war protester Malachi Ritscher was exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.
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