African-American Poetry of the Nineteenth Century: An AnthologyJoan R. Sherman University of Illinois Press, 1992 - 506 pagine In this bestselling companion to her pioneering study, Invisible Poets, Joan Sherman continues to make new generations aware of the "invisible" legacy of nineteenth-century black American poetry. The 171 poems here, by thirty-five men and women, have been transcribed from first editions and are annotated in detail. |
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... South , others in the North or border states . Six poets were born slaves , several were freeborn of former slave parents , and others came from generations of free blacks . Many grew up in dire poverty , and a few in middle - class ...
... South , others in the North or border states . Six poets were born slaves , several were freeborn of former slave parents , and others came from generations of free blacks . Many grew up in dire poverty , and a few in middle - class ...
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... South as the fugitives ' firsthand descriptions of slavery's horrors con- tradicted Southerners ' propaganda for the benignity of their peculiar institution . Many former slaves became celebrities of the lecture circuit in the North and ...
... South as the fugitives ' firsthand descriptions of slavery's horrors con- tradicted Southerners ' propaganda for the benignity of their peculiar institution . Many former slaves became celebrities of the lecture circuit in the North and ...
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... South , free blacks and slaves , to each other and to like - minded white Americans . Freedom imposed uncertainties about racial identity and the role of blacks in America's future . Reconstruction brought an urgent need for racial ...
... South , free blacks and slaves , to each other and to like - minded white Americans . Freedom imposed uncertainties about racial identity and the role of blacks in America's future . Reconstruction brought an urgent need for racial ...
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... South . Through legislatures , courts , and public opinion they were systematically disfranchised , excluded from juries , stripped of civil and social gains , relegated to menial jobs and sharecropper farming , and effectively ...
... South . Through legislatures , courts , and public opinion they were systematically disfranchised , excluded from juries , stripped of civil and social gains , relegated to menial jobs and sharecropper farming , and effectively ...
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ADAH ISAACS MENKEN African-American ALBERY ALLSON WHITMAN ALEXANDER PAYNE beauty blood born brave breath chains co'n Colored DANIEL WEBSTER DAVIS dark dear death e'en earth ELLEN WATKINS HARPER ELYMAS ELYMAS PAYSON ROGERS eyes fear FORTEN FRANCES ELLEN WATKINS freedom GEORGE BOYER VASHON GEORGE CLINTON GEORGE CLINTON ROWE GEORGE MARION MCCLELLAN GEORGE MOSES HORTON God's hand hear heard heart heaven HENRIETTA CORDELIA RAY hits time fur JAMES EDWIN CAMPBELL JAMES MADISON BELL JAMES MONROE WHITFIELD JOHN WILLIS MENARD JOSEPH SEAMON COTTER JOSHUA MCCARTER SIMPSON land liberty light live Lord mighty nation ne'er Negro night Notes o'er PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR peace poems poetry poets praise prayer race rise sing slave slavery slavery's smile song soul sweet tell thee thou thought TIMOTHY THOMAS FORTUNE Twas unto verse voice WEBSTER DAVIS