Lexington Books
Pages: 182
Trim: 6¼ x 9½
978-1-66691-957-8 • Hardback • March 2023 • $95.00 • (£73.00)
978-1-66691-958-5 • eBook • March 2023 • $45.00 • (£35.00)
Larry L. W. Miles is adjunct professor of English and the humanities at Clark Atlanta University and a lecturer and AP World History teacher with Atlanta Public Schools.
Chapter One: In Search of Identity
Chapter Two: The Imbedded Narrative
Chapter Three: So Much Moor, and More Than a Slave
Chapter Four: More Than a Narrative
Epilogue: The Intersectionality of Blackness
Who are you and are you really who you think you are? Dr. Miles helps the reader to understand these questions for people of African descent. He provides thorough research on the true identity of the subjugated captives who were dispersed to foreign lands. In his groundbreaking analysis, he provides you with so much 'Moor' to the discourse on the topic of identity for those who were already here as well as the individuals who were forcibly brought to the Americas.
— T. Owens Moore, Clark Atlanta University
By offering insightful evidence for a time period that is generally viewed through the lens of enslavement and the binary of enslaved or free, Larry Miles enriches the historical narrative of the Black experience in the Americas before the 20th century and expands academic discourse that intersects Blackness, migration, and exploration.
— Ebony Gibson, Georgia Gwinnett College
With detailed analysis grounded in extensive historical research, Larry Miles writes a startling and convincing counternarrative to the history of Black people’s racial history.
— Georgene Bess Montgomery, Clark Atlanta University