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Informationen zum Autor Moira Ferguson is the James E. Ryan Chair in English and Women's Literature at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Klappentext First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Zusammenfassung This is the first anthology to bring together the writings of the earliest black women writers in the East and West Caribbean, Bermuda, Canada, the US and England. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction The Hart Sisters Introduction 1 Elizabeth Hart Thwaites (1771-1833) Biographical Narrative Chronology From History of Methodism Hymns Weary world, when will it end O Thou whose ear attends the softest prayer! Poem On the Death of the Rev. Mr. Cook Letter to a Friend Excerpts from Correspondence with a Cousin, Miss Lynch 2 Anne Hart Gilbert (1768-1834) Biographical Narrative Chronology From History of Methodism From Memoir of John Gilbert 3 Mary Prince (ca. 1788-after 1833) Introduction Biographical Narrative Chronology From The History of Mary Prince 4 Mary Jane Grant Seacole (1805-1881) Introduction Biographical Narrative Chronology From Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands 5 Harriet Ann Jacobs (1813-1897) Introduction Biographical Narrative Chronology From Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl 6 Harriet E. Adams Wilson (1824 or 1828-1868/1870?) Introduction Biographical Narrative Chronology From Our Nig; or Sketches from the Life of a Free Black, in a Two-Story White House 7 Jarena Lee (1783-after 1849) Introduction Biographical Narrative Chronology From Religious Experience and Journal of Mrs. Jarena Lee 8 Nancy Gardner Prince (1799-?) Introduction Biographical Narrative Chronology From A Narrative of the Life and Travels of Mrs. Nancy Prince 9 Mary Ann Shadd Cary (1823-1893) Introduction Biographical Narrative Chronology Personal Letter To Professor G. Whipple Editorials form the Provincial Freeman Anti-Slavery Relations The Humbug of Reform A Bazaar in Toronto for Frederick Douglass's Paper, &c. The Emigration Convention Intemperance The Presidential Election in the United States A Good Boarding House Greatly Needed by the Colored Citizens Obstacles to the Progress of Colored Canadians Sermon Open Letter or Circular from the Vigilance Committee Open Letter to the Anglo-African Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index...
