The Man Who Stole Himself: The Slave Odyssey of Hans Jonathan by Gisli Palsson
English | September 16th, 2016 | ISBN: 022631328X | 264 Pages | EPUB | 11.83 MB
The island nation of Iceland is known for many things—majestic landscapes, volcanic eruptions, distinctive seafood—but racial diversity is not one of them. So the little-known story of Hans Jonathan, a free black man who lived and raised a family in early nineteenth-century Iceland, is improbable and compelling, the stuff of novels.