James Miranda BarrySerpent's Tail, 1999 - Počet stran: 375 James Miranda Barry enrols as a medical student in Edinburgh, the start of a glorious career as a military surgeon. He achieves fame as a legendary duellist and a celebrated social figure. But James Miranda Barry was also a woman. Her greatest achievement has been to pass for a man for 50 years. |
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... slave traders were unloaded . Our own servant , Immaculata , witnessed these things , for she has been on the island for over twenty years . The slaves were made to stand upon blocks to be sold . They were sold a day or two after their ...
... slave traders were unloaded . Our own servant , Immaculata , witnessed these things , for she has been on the island for over twenty years . The slaves were made to stand upon blocks to be sold . They were sold a day or two after their ...
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... slaves . The rulers in the slave hierarchy were often the offspring of the whites . The Montpelier headman was no exception . He was a handsome , aggressive mulatto with orange hair , tightly curled , and he sometimes claimed kin with ...
... slaves . The rulers in the slave hierarchy were often the offspring of the whites . The Montpelier headman was no exception . He was a handsome , aggressive mulatto with orange hair , tightly curled , and he sometimes claimed kin with ...
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... slaves carry it away to thatch their houses . Nothing is wasted . The white juice is propelled down the ducts in a ... slaves were partly attributable to their raised hopes of freedom . The anti - slavery measures advocated by the Home ...
... slaves carry it away to thatch their houses . Nothing is wasted . The white juice is propelled down the ducts in a ... slaves were partly attributable to their raised hopes of freedom . The anti - slavery measures advocated by the Home ...
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