Six Women''s Slave Narratives

Klappentext Six Women's Slave narratives contains stories that embody most of the predominant themes and narrative forms found in African-American women's autobiographies from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Beginning with the first female slave narrative from the Americas, The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave (1831), the collection includes writings by 'Old Elizabeth, ' Mattie J. Jackson, Lucy A. Delaney, Kate Drumgoold, and Annie L. Burton. Zusammenfassung The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave (1831) was the first female slave narrative from the Americas. The Story of Mattie J. Jackson (1866) recounts a quest for personal freedom and ends with a family reunion in the North after the Civil War. The Memoir of Old Elizabeth, a Colored Woman (1863) is the tale of a ninety-seven-year-old ex-slave who became a preacher. Lucy A. Delaney's From the Darkness Cometh the Light or Struggles for Freedom (c. 1891) records a former slave's achievements in the quarter-century after the end of the Civil War. Kate Drumgoold and Annie L. Burton also describe their successes in the post-war North while eulogizing black motherhood in the ante-bellum South.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: William L. Andrews, Oxford University Press
• Con la collaborazione di: Henry Louis Gates (Editore), Henry Louis Jr. Gates (Editore), William L. Andrews (Introduzione)
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 14.12.1989
• EAN: 9780195060836
• ISBN: 978-0-19-506083-6
• Pagine: 382
• Serie: The Schomburg Library of Nineteenth-Century Black Women Writers; Schomburg Library of Nineteent; The Schomburg Library of Nineteenth-Century Black Women Writers; Schomburg Library of Nineteent
• Categorie: Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Biografie, autobiografie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese; USA, Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, United States of America, USA, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General