Bars Fight
Lucy Terry Prince
Bars Fight
Lucy Terry Prince
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Description
Bars Fight, a ballad describing an ambush by Native Americans on two families in 1746 in Massachusetts, is the oldest known work by an African-American author. Passed on orally until it was recorded in History of Western Massachusetts in 1855, the ballad is a landmark in the history of literature that should be on every book lover's shelves.
'As the reader takes a cover page in each hand and fans out the pages of the concertina, she feels a whole history unfurl within her hands. Although small in size, Bars Fight is mighty in significance.' (Indie Insider) '[This] publication of Lucy Terry Prince’s Bars Fight is a stellar example of bringing a truly madly deeply neglected text back to life. Bravo!' (Neglected Books)
Lucy Terry Prince (c.1730–1821) was taken to America as a slave, but her husband bought her her freedom in 1756. Bars Fight was her only work.
'As the reader takes a cover page in each hand and fans out the pages of the concertina, she feels a whole history unfurl within her hands. Although small in size, Bars Fight is mighty in significance.' (Indie Insider) '[This] publication of Lucy Terry Prince’s Bars Fight is a stellar example of bringing a truly madly deeply neglected text back to life. Bravo!' (Neglected Books)
Lucy Terry Prince (c.1730–1821) was taken to America as a slave, but her husband bought her her freedom in 1756. Bars Fight was her only work.