Winner of the James Harvey Robinson Prize from the American Historical Association--and widely acclaimed by educators and students-- Abina and the Important Men , Second Edition, is a compelling and powerfully illustrated ``graphic history`` based on an 1876 court transcript of a West African woman named Abina, who was wrongfully enslaved and took her case to court.
The book is a microhistory that does much more than simply depict an event in the past; it uses the power o.
Winner of the James Harvey Robinson Prize from the American Historical Association--and widely acclaimed by educators and students-- Abina and the Important Men , Second Edition, is a compelling and powerfully illustrated ``graphic history`` based on an 1876 court transcript of a West African woman named Abina, who was wrongfully enslaved and took her case to court