The Man Who Stole Himself: The Slave Odyssey of Hans Jonathan
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The life story of Hans Jonathan, Iceland's first Black citizen.
The island nation of Iceland is known for many thingsmajestic landscapes, volcanic eruptions, distinctive seafoodbut racial diversity is not one of them. So the littleknown story of Hans Jonathan, a free Black man who lived and raised a family in early nineteenthcentury Iceland, is improbable and compelling, the stuff of novels.
In The Man Who Stole Himself, Gisli Palsson lays out the story of Hans Jonathan (also known as ...
The island nation of Iceland is known for many thingsmajestic landscapes, volcanic eruptions, distinctive seafoodbut racial diversity is not one of them. So the littleknown story of Hans Jonathan, a free Black man who lived and raised a family in early nineteenthcentury Iceland, is improbable and compelling, the stuff of novels.
In The Man Who Stole Himself, Gisli Palsson lays out the story of Hans Jonathan (also known as ...






















