Word by word : emancipation and the act of writing /

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Consigned to illiteracy, American slaves left little record of their thoughts and feelings--or so we have believed. But a few learned to use pen and paper to make sense of their experiences, despite prohibitions. These authors' perspectives rewrite the history of emancipation and force us to re...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hager, Christopher, 1974-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2013.
Temas:
To 1999
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
Authors, American > 19th century > Political and social views.
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
African Americans > Intellectual life > 20th century.
African American authors > Political and social views.
African Americans > Social conditions > To 1964.
Literature and society > United States.
African Americans > Civil rights.
African Americans in literature.
Enslaved persons > Emancipation > United States.
Écrivains américains > 19e siècle > Pensée politique et sociale.
Littérature américaine > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Noirs américains > Vie intellectuelle > 20e siècle.
Écrivains noirs américains > Pensée politique et sociale.
Noirs américains > Conditions sociales > Jusqu'à 1964.
Littérature et société > États-Unis.
Noirs américains > Droits.
Noirs américains dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
African Americans > Intellectual life.
African Americans > Social conditions.
American literature.
American literature > African American authors.
Authors, American > Political and social views.
Literature and society.
Enslaved persons > Emancipation.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Black Literacy in the White Mind
  • The Private Life of the Literate Slave
  • Writing a Life in Slavery and Freedom
  • The Written We
  • Petition and Protest in the Occupied South
  • Black Ink, White Pages.

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