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“"A powerful account of a vanished world...invaluable."--”—Newsweek
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Biography of a Runaway Slave
by Miguel Barnet
“"Biography of a Runaway Slave is the result of interviews—not a novel, really, but a testimony across time, as authentic a voice of history as you are likely to hear."--”—National Catholic Reporter
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In this remarkable testimony, Cuban novelist and anthropologist Miguel Barnet presents the narrative of 105-year-old Esteban Montejo, who lived as a slave, as fugitive in the wilderness, and as a soldier in the Cuban War of Independence. Honest, blunt, compassionate, shrewd, and engaging, his voice provides an extraordinary insight into the African culture that took root in the Caribbean.
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