| Description |
xvi, 297 pages, [8] pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations, portraits. facsimiles, photographs ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-297). |
| Contents |
Author's note -- Preface -- Part I. Caged. Gardens of wonder ; The Bronx Zoo monkey house ; Crimes of the Congo ; Hornaday's folly ; Benga's brigade ; Fighting City Hall ; Benga speaks ; Backlash ; Nature's fury ; Deliverance -- Part II. Captured. Samuel Phillips Verner ; Luebo Mission ; Kondola, Kassongo, and Verner's African treasures ; The hunt ; Verner's prey ; The St. Louis World's Fair ; Congo field notes ; Leopold's lobby ; Benga's choice ; A museum most unnatural ; Fondless farewell -- Part III. Free. Weeksville refuge ; St. James ; Southern comfort ; Home ; Free ; Homecoming -- Epilogue. |
| Summary |
Describes the cruelty and prevalent racial prejudice in early-20th-century America that resulted in a Congolese pygmyy being featured in an exhibit in the 1904 World's Fair and then displayed in the Monkey House of the New York Zoological Gardens. |
| Subject |
Benga, Ota.
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Mbuti (African people) -- Biography.
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Congolese (Democratic Republic) -- Biography.
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Human zoos.
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Racism -- 1901-1909.
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Racism.
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| Genre |
Biographies.
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| Added Title |
Life of Ota Benga |
| ISBN |
9780062201003 |
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006220100X |
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