North Carolina Slave Narratives - The Lives of Moses Roper, Lunsford Lane, Moses Grady, And Thomas H.

Informationen zum Autor Elizabeth L. Banks (1870-1938) was raised on a Wisconsin farm and graduated from the Milwaukee-Downer Female Seminary to work as a part-time reporter. During her career she worked as secretary to the American ambassador in Peru, ""stunt girl,"" yellow journalist, author, investigative reporter, and freelance writer in both England and the United States. Mary Suzanne Schriber is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English at Northern Illinois University. She is the author of Writing Home and Gender and the Writer's Imagination and editor of Telling Travels. Abbey Zink is assistant professor of English at Western Connecticut State University. Klappentext The autobiographies of former slaves contributed powerfully to the abolitionist movement in the United States, fanning national — even international — indignation against the evils of slavery. The four texts gathered here are all from North Carolina slaves and are among the most memorable and influential slave narratives published in the nineteenth century. The writings of Moses Roper (1838), Lunsford Lane (1842), Moses Grandy (1843), and the Reverend Thomas H. Jones (1854) provide a moving testament to the struggles of enslaved people to affirm their human dignity and ultimately seize their liberty.Introductions to each narrative provide biographical and historical information as well as explanatory notes. Andrews’s general introduction to the collection reveals that these narratives not only helped energize the abolitionist movement but also laid the groundwork for an African American literary tradition that inspired such novelists as Toni Morrison and Charles Johnson. Zusammenfassung Moving testaments to the struggle for freedom.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: William L. Andrews, William L. (EDT)/ Davis Andrews
• Con la collaborazione di: William L Andrews (Editore), William L. Andrews (Editore), David Davis (Editore), David A Davis (Editore), David A. Davis (Editore), Tampathia Evans (Editore), Ian Frederick Finseth (Editore), Andreá N Williams (Editore)
• Editore: University Of North Carolina
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 29.08.2005
• EAN: 9780807856581
• ISBN: 978-0-8078-5658-1
• Pagine: 279
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Serie: John Hope Franklin Series in A; The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture; John Hope Franklin Series in A; The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari; Saggistica > Storia > Biografie, autobiografie; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Opere generiche, enciclopedie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Età moderna fino al 1918