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From the Darkness Cometh Light, Paperback / softback Book

From the Darkness Cometh Light Paperback / softback

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From the Darkness Cometh the Light (1891) is a memoir by Lucy A.

Delaney. Published in St. Louis in the last year of Delaney’s life, the work is regarded as an essential slave narrative and the only firsthand account of a freedom suit, by which some enslaved African Americans were able to achieve their freedom prior to emancipation.

Twentieth century scholars of feminism and African American literature in particular have upheld her work and continue to celebrate her influence on the historical and cultural development of the nation. “On a dismal night in the month of September, Polly, with four other colored persons, were kidnapped, and, after being securely bound and gagged, were put into a skiff and carried across the Mississippi River to the city of St.

Louis. Shortly after, these unfortunate negroes were taken up the Missouri River and sold into slavery.” Tracing her mother’s life back to this tragic event, Lucy A.

Delaney tells a story of enslavement, hardship, and perseverance, the story of her family’s struggle for freedom.

As a young woman, Polly brought two lawsuits to court in St.

Louis in the hopes of freeing herself and her daughter from slavery.

Following their historic victory, mother and daughter remained together as Lucy attempted to start a family of her own.

Despite losing her first husband and several children from her second marriage, Lucy remained dedicated to serving God and her community as a leader in her church and president of several organizations for the empowerment of African American women.

With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Lucy Delaney’s From the Darkness Cometh the Light is a classic of African American literature reimagined for modern readers.

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