The Rest I Will Kill: William Tillman and the Unforgettable Story of How a Free Black Man Refused to Become a Slave

The Rest I Will Kill: William Tillman and the Unforgettable Story of How a Free Black Man Refused to Become a SlaveA surprising work of narrative history and detection that illuminates one of the most daringand long forgottenheroes of the Civil War. Independence Day, 1861. The schooner S. J. Waring sets sail from New York on a routine voyage to South America. Seventeen days later, it limps back into New Yorks frenzied harbor with the ship's black steward, William Tillman, at the helm. While the story of that ill fated voyage is one of the most harrowing tales of

the nature of change and of agencies within a comparative perspective

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781617751974

“A moving and beautifully crafted memoir

Bring up their name to any American or even ask about slapstick comedy

lightening and toning in Black Atlantic zones disengages with the usual tropes of Black Nationalism and global white supremacy such as 'the desire to be white'

somewhat tongue-in-cheek

He posits that we should conceptualize the Black male as a victim

The study's focus on the South Atlantic world

Jean Houbert surveys the colonization-decolonization of the Indian Ocean Islands of Mauritius

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1601625677

How did South Africans become black

Single dad Devon Masters spent the last eight years shielding his daughter