Moira Ferguson

Nine Black Women (eBook, PDF)

An Anthology of Nineteenth-Century Writers from the United States, Canada, Bermuda and the Caribbean

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Produktbeschreibung

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. The selections span the American Revolution to the decade following the Civil War. The nine writers included, both slave and free, represent a variety of genres, regions, professions, and political perspectives. Their words suggest the rich cultural history embedded in the writings, and provide a glimpse into the lives of women coping with extreme racism and sexism. As black women, survival guides the construction of their texts and their public images. Each employs diverse strategies of resistance, evasion, displacement, omission and accommodation. With an introduction that contains copious biographical details about each writer and a brief chronology preceding each text, Nine Black Women is a unique collection of original works.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134720026
• Artikelnr.: 44477524

Autorenporträt

Moira Ferguson is the James E. Ryan Chair in English and Women's Literature at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.

Inhaltsangabe

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