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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Toward a theory of Black African mediation, authorship, and the early American literary archives
  • Conversion narrative of a blackamoor maid, 1643
  • Narrative of Ben, a Negro, 1699
  • Execution of Joseph Hanno, a "miserable African," 1721
  • A letter from black enslaved Christians on a Virginia plantation, 1723
  • The confession of Flora Negro, 1748
  • The anti-slavery argument of Negro Greenwich, 1754
  • Anthony Johnson and the Casor suit,1655
  • The case of Elizabeth Key Grinstead, 1656
  • The Salem witch trials, the testimony of Candy and Mary Black, 1692
  • Adam Negro's tryal, 1701
  • The deposition of Lydia Draper in Dedham, MA, 1723
  • Testimony on the New York arson conspiracy, 1741
  • Petition of Jethro Boston for divorce, 1741
  • Last will and testament of Peter, 1743
  • The trial and execution of Mark and Phillis, 1755
  • Penelope, 1704
  • George, 1704
  • Mother of four, 1706
  • Peter, 1705-1714
  • Daniel, 1712-1714
  • Jethro, 1719-1720
  • John, 1719-1720
  • Richard Molson, 1720
  • Fransh Manuel, 1722
  • Quam, 1722-1723
  • Tom, 1723
  • Timothy, 1726-1727
  • Chocolate grinder, 1727-1728
  • Stephen, 1728-1729
  • John Mallott, 1729
  • Boy, 1729
  • Cora and Joe, 1728-1751
  • Jethro and King Philip's War, 1676
  • Onesimus and the small pox, 1711-1716
  • Titus in the Caribbean, 1714-1716
  • John Williams and the Atlantic world, 1724
  • A short account of the life of Elizabeth Colson, 1727
  • Ayuba Suleiman Diallo, 1734.

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