The Resource Once we were slaves : the extraordinary journey of a multiracial Jewish family, Laura Arnold Leibman
Once we were slaves : the extraordinary journey of a multiracial Jewish family, Laura Arnold Leibman
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- Summary
- "An obsessive genealogist and descendent of one of the most prominent Jewish families since the American Revolution, Blanche Moses firmly believed her maternal ancestors were Sephardic grandees. Yet she found herself at a dead end when it came to her grandmother's maternal line. Using family heirlooms to unlock the mystery of Moses's ancestors, Once We Were Slaves overturns the reclusive heiress's assumptions about her family history to reveal that her grandmother and great-uncle, Sarah and Isaac Brandon, actually began their lives as poor Christian slaves in Barbados. Tracing the siblings' extraordinary journey throughout the Atlantic World, Leibman examines artefacts they left behind in Barbados, Suriname, London, Philadelphia, and, finally, New York, to show how Sarah and Isaac were able to transform themselves and their lives, becoming free, wealthy, Jewish, and-at times-white. While their affluence made them unusual, their story mirrors that of the largely forgotten population of mixed African and Jewish ancestry that constituted as much as ten percent of the Jewish communities in which the siblings lived, and sheds new light on the fluidity of race-as well as on the role of religion in racial shift-in the first half of the nineteenth century"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xvi, 294 pages
- Contents
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- Origins (Bridgetown, 1793-1798)
- From Slave to Free (Bridgetown, 1801)
- From Christian to Jew (Suriname, 1811-12)
- The Tumultuous Island (Bridgetown, 1812-1817)
- Synagogue Seats (New York & Philadelphia, 1793-1818)
- The Material of Race (London, 1815-17)
- Voices of Rebellion (Bridgetown, 1818-24)
- A Woman Valor (New York, 1817-19)
- This Liberal City (Philadelphia, 1818-33)
- Feverish Love (New York, 1819-1830)
- When I am Gone (New York, Barbados, London, 1830-1847)
- Legacies (New York and Beyond, 1841-1860)
- Isbn
- 9780197530474
- Label
- Once we were slaves : the extraordinary journey of a multiracial Jewish family
- Title
- Once we were slaves
- Title remainder
- the extraordinary journey of a multiracial Jewish family
- Statement of responsibility
- Laura Arnold Leibman
- Title variation
- Extraordinary journey of a multiracial Jewish family
- Subject
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- Bridgetown (Barbados) -- Biography
- HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
- Jews -- Barbados | Bridgetown -- History -- 19th century
- Jews -- New York (State) | New York -- History -- 19th century
- Moses family
- Brandon family
- New York (N.Y.) -- Biography
- Racially mixed people -- Barbados -- History -- 19th century
- Racially mixed people -- New York (State) | New York -- History -- 19th century
- Moses, Sarah Brandon, 1798-1828
- Brandon, Isaac Lopez, 1793-1855
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "An obsessive genealogist and descendent of one of the most prominent Jewish families since the American Revolution, Blanche Moses firmly believed her maternal ancestors were Sephardic grandees. Yet she found herself at a dead end when it came to her grandmother's maternal line. Using family heirlooms to unlock the mystery of Moses's ancestors, Once We Were Slaves overturns the reclusive heiress's assumptions about her family history to reveal that her grandmother and great-uncle, Sarah and Isaac Brandon, actually began their lives as poor Christian slaves in Barbados. Tracing the siblings' extraordinary journey throughout the Atlantic World, Leibman examines artefacts they left behind in Barbados, Suriname, London, Philadelphia, and, finally, New York, to show how Sarah and Isaac were able to transform themselves and their lives, becoming free, wealthy, Jewish, and-at times-white. While their affluence made them unusual, their story mirrors that of the largely forgotten population of mixed African and Jewish ancestry that constituted as much as ten percent of the Jewish communities in which the siblings lived, and sheds new light on the fluidity of race-as well as on the role of religion in racial shift-in the first half of the nineteenth century"--
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- Biography type
- collective biography
- Cataloging source
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- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Leibman, Laura Arnold
- Dewey number
- 296.09
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- F128.9.J5
- LC item number
- L45 2021
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Jews
- Moses, Sarah Brandon
- Brandon, Isaac Lopez
- Brandon family
- Moses family
- Jews
- Racially mixed people
- Racially mixed people
- Bridgetown (Barbados)
- New York (N.Y.)
- HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
- Label
- Once we were slaves : the extraordinary journey of a multiracial Jewish family, Laura Arnold Leibman
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- Contents
- Origins (Bridgetown, 1793-1798) -- From Slave to Free (Bridgetown, 1801) -- From Christian to Jew (Suriname, 1811-12) -- The Tumultuous Island (Bridgetown, 1812-1817) -- Synagogue Seats (New York & Philadelphia, 1793-1818) -- The Material of Race (London, 1815-17) -- Voices of Rebellion (Bridgetown, 1818-24) -- A Woman Valor (New York, 1817-19) -- This Liberal City (Philadelphia, 1818-33) -- Feverish Love (New York, 1819-1830) -- When I am Gone (New York, Barbados, London, 1830-1847) -- Legacies (New York and Beyond, 1841-1860)
- Control code
- on1198017194
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xvi, 294 pages
- Isbn
- 9780197530474
- Lccn
- 2021016423
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1198017194
- Label
- Once we were slaves : the extraordinary journey of a multiracial Jewish family, Laura Arnold Leibman
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Origins (Bridgetown, 1793-1798) -- From Slave to Free (Bridgetown, 1801) -- From Christian to Jew (Suriname, 1811-12) -- The Tumultuous Island (Bridgetown, 1812-1817) -- Synagogue Seats (New York & Philadelphia, 1793-1818) -- The Material of Race (London, 1815-17) -- Voices of Rebellion (Bridgetown, 1818-24) -- A Woman Valor (New York, 1817-19) -- This Liberal City (Philadelphia, 1818-33) -- Feverish Love (New York, 1819-1830) -- When I am Gone (New York, Barbados, London, 1830-1847) -- Legacies (New York and Beyond, 1841-1860)
- Control code
- on1198017194
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xvi, 294 pages
- Isbn
- 9780197530474
- Lccn
- 2021016423
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1198017194
Subject
- Bridgetown (Barbados) -- Biography
- HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
- Jews -- Barbados | Bridgetown -- History -- 19th century
- Jews -- New York (State) | New York -- History -- 19th century
- Moses family
- Brandon family
- New York (N.Y.) -- Biography
- Racially mixed people -- Barbados -- History -- 19th century
- Racially mixed people -- New York (State) | New York -- History -- 19th century
- Moses, Sarah Brandon, 1798-1828
- Brandon, Isaac Lopez, 1793-1855
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