The Earliest African American Literatures : A Critical Reader /

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"With the publication of the 1619 Project by The New York Times in 2019, a growing number of Americans have become aware that Africans arrived in North America before the Pilgrims. Yet the stories of these Africans and their first descendants remain ephemeral and inaccessible for both the gener...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Smith, Cassander L., 1977- (Editor ), Hutchins, Zachary McLeod (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2021]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
American literature > African American authors.
African Americans in literature.
African Americans > Biography.
African Americans > Biography > Sources.
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
American literature > African American authors > 18th century.
American literature > African American authors > 17th century.
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Sources.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"With the publication of the 1619 Project by The New York Times in 2019, a growing number of Americans have become aware that Africans arrived in North America before the Pilgrims. Yet the stories of these Africans and their first descendants remain ephemeral and inaccessible for both the general public and educators. This groundbreaking collection of thirty-eight biographical and autobiographical texts chronicles the lives of literary black Africans in British colonial America from 1643 to 1760 and offers new strategies for identifying and interpreting the presence of black Africans in this early period"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (212 pages).
ISBN:9781469665627

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