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Sab is a novel written by Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda and published in Madrid in 1841. [1] The novel centers around the character of Sab, a mulato slave who is in love with his white master's daughter Carlota. The pain of Sab's unrequited love for Carlota leads Sab to his own death, which occurs during Carlota's wedding to Enrique Otway.
Alexander Barclay (c. 1784 – 30 October 1864) was a Scottish politician, planter, slave trader and author who served as a member of the House of Assembly of Jamaica. Born in Aberdeen , he immigrated to the British colony of Jamaica , where he became a member of the planter class .
The novel follows Wilfred Barclay, an alcoholic and middle-aged writer trapped in an unhappy marriage, and his conflict with Rick Tucker, a young professor determined to write Barclay's biography. Barclay tries to escape Tucker’s attention by fleeing to Europe.
David Barclay of Youngsbury (1729–1809), also known as David Barclay of Walthamstow or David Barclay of Walthamstow and Youngsbury, [1] was an English Quaker merchant, banker, and philanthropist. He is notable for an experiment in "gratuitous manumission ", in which he freed the slaves on his Jamaican plantation and arranged for better ...
Sacred Hunger is a historical novel by Barry Unsworth first published in 1992. It shared the Booker Prize that year with Michael Ondaatje's The English Patient.. The story is set in the mid 18th century and centres on the Liverpool Merchant, a slave ship employed in the triangular trade, a central trade route in the Atlantic slave trade.
A reviewer in Reviews of American History in 1982 highlighted some flaws in Mannix and Cowley's analysis. For example, Mannix and Cowley estimated 50 million Africans were moved to the new world as slaves. Philip D. Curtin in his "pathbreaking" 1969 book The Atlantic Slave Trade as well as other scholars estimated the total was closer to ten ...
Daisy Edgar-Jones, left, and Taylor John Smith in a scene from “Where the Crawdads Sing.” The book and movie are set in North Carolina, though the movie was filmed in Louisiana.
The Rosary is a novel by Florence L. Barclay. [1] It was first published in 1909 by G.P. Putnam's Sons and was a bestselling novel for many years running, reaching the number one spot in 1910.