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WinneroftheJamesHarveyRobinsonPrizefromtheAmerican HistoricalAssociation--andwidelyacclaimedbyeducatorsand students--AbinaandtheImportantMen,SecondEdition,isa compellingandpowerfullyillustrated"graphichistory"basedonan 1876courttranscriptofaWestAfricanwomannamedAbina,whowas wrongfullyenslavedandtookhercasetocourt.Thebookisa microhistorythatdoesmuchmorethansimplydepictaneventinthe past;itusesthepowerofillustrationtoconveyimportantthemesin worldhistoryandtorevealtheprocessesbywhichhistoryismade.The storyofAbinaMansah--awoman"withouthistory"whowas wrongfullyenslaved,escapedtoBritish-controlledterritory,andthen
tookherformermastertocourt--takesplaceinthecomplexworldofthe GoldCoastattheonsetoflatenineteenth-centurycolonialism.Slavery becomesacontestedground,asculturalpracticescollidewithan emergingwageeconomyandBritishofficialsturnablindeyetothe presenceofunderpaiddomesticworkersinthehouseholdsofAfrican merchants.Themainscenesofthestorytakeplaceinthecourtroom, whereAbinastrivestoconvinceaseriesof"importantmen"--aBritish judge,twoEuro-Africanattorneys,andajuryoflocalleaders--thather experiencesandperceptionsmatter."AmIfree?"Abinainquires. Throughoutboththecourtcaseandtheflashbacksthatdramatically depictherlifeinservitude,boththedefendantsandmembersofthe courtstriveto"silence"Abinaandtoimposetheirownunderstandings andmeaningsuponher.FollowingthegraphichistoryinPartI,PartsIIVprovidedetailedhistoricalcontextforthestory,areadingguidethat reconstructsanddeconstructsthemethodsusedtointerpretthestory, andstrategiesforusingAbinainvariousclassroomsettings. This secondeditionfeaturesanewgender-richsection,PartV:Engaging Abina,whichexploresAbina'slifeandnarrativeasawoman.Focusing onsuchimportantthemesastherelationshipbetweenslaveryand genderinpre-colonialAkansociety,theroleofmarriageinAbina's experience,colonialpaternalism,andthemeaningofclothandbeadsin herstory,thissectionalsoincludesadebateonwhetherornotAbina wasaslave,withcontributionsbythreeaward-winningscholars-AntoinetteBurton,SandraGreene,andKwasiKonadu--eachworking fromdifferentperspectives.Thesecondeditionincludesnew,additional testimonythatwasrediscoveredintheNationalArchivesofGhana, whichisalsoreflectedinthegraphichistorysection. Readmore