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The Wiley Blackwell Anthology of African American Literature is a comprehensive collection of poems, short stories, novellas, novels, plays, autobiographies, and essays authored by African Americans from the eighteenth century until the present. Evenly divided into two volumes, it is also the first such anthology to be conceived and published for both classroom and online education in the new millennium. * Reflects the current scholarly and pedagogic structure of African American literary studies * Selects literary texts according to extensive research on classroom adoptions, scholarship, and…mehr
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The Wiley Blackwell Anthology of African American Literature is a comprehensive collection of poems, short stories, novellas, novels, plays, autobiographies, and essays authored by African Americans from the eighteenth century until the present. Evenly divided into two volumes, it is also the first such anthology to be conceived and published for both classroom and online education in the new millennium. * Reflects the current scholarly and pedagogic structure of African American literary studies * Selects literary texts according to extensive research on classroom adoptions, scholarship, and the expert opinions of leading professors * Organizes literary texts according to more appropriate periods of literary history, dividing them into seven sections that accurately depict intellectual, cultural, and political movements * Includes more reprints of entire works and longer selections of major works than any other anthology of its kind * This first volume contains a comprehensive collection of texts authored by African Americans from the eighteenth century until the 1920s The two volumes of this landmark anthology can also be href="http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118824776.html">bought as a set, at over 20% savings.
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- Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
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- Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 2013
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- ISBN-13: 9781118604977
- Artikelnr.: 40171998
- Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
- Seitenzahl: 1168
- Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 2013
- Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9781118604977
- Artikelnr.: 40171998
Gene Andrew Jarrett is Professor and Chair of the Department of English at Boston University. He earned his A.B. in English from Princeton University and his A.M. and Ph.D. in English from Brown University. Jarrett is the author of Representing the Race: A New Political History of African American Literature (2011) and Deans and Truants: Race and Realism in African American Literature (2007), and the editor or co-editor of several volumes and collections of African American literature and literary criticism. He is the recipient of fellowships from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. Editorial Advisory Board Daphne A. Brooks, Princeton University Joanna Brooks, San Diego State University Margo Natalie Crawford, Cornell University Madhu Dubey, University of Illinois, Chicago Michele Elam, Stanford University Philip Gould, Brown University George B. Hutchinson, Cornell University Marlon B. Ross, University of Virginia Cherene M. Sherrard-Johnson, University of Wisconsin, Madison James Edward Smethurst, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Werner Sollors, Harvard University John Stauffer, Harvard University Jeffrey Allen Tucker, University of Rochester Ivy G. Wilson, Northwestern University
Editorial Advisory Board x Preface xi Introduction xvi Principles of
Selection and Editorial Procedures xix Acknowledgments xxi Part 1 The
Literatures of Africa, Middle Passage, and Slavery: c.1746-1830 1
Introduction 3 Lucy Terry (c.1730-1821) 7 Bars Fight (1746) 8 Briton Hammon
(dates unknown) 9 Narrative of the Uncommon Sufferings and Surprizing
Deliverance of Briton Hammon, a Negro Man (1760) 10 Phillis Wheatley
(c.1753-1784) 15 From Poems on Various Subjects (1773) 17 To Maecenas 17 To
the University of Cambridge, in New England 18 On Being Brought from Africa
to America 19 On the Death of the Rev. Dr. Sewell. 1769 20 On the Death of
the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield. 1770 21 On the Death of a Young Lady of
Five Years of Age 22 On Recollection 23 On Imagination 25 To the Right
Honourable William, Earl of Dartmouth, His Majesty's Principal Secretary of
State for North-America, &c. 26 To S.M., a Young African Painter, on Seeing
His Works 27 A Farewell to America to Mrs. S.W. 28 Jupiter Hammon
(1711-c.1806) 31 An Address to Miss Phillis Wheatly, Ethiopian Poetess, in
Boston, Who Came from Africa at Eight Years of Age, and Soon Became
Acquainted with the Gospel of Jesus Christ (1778) 32 John Marrant
(1755-1791) 35 A Narrative of the Lord's Wonderful Dealings with John
Marrant, a Black (1785) 36 Olaudah Equiano (1745-1797) 49 Extracts from
Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa,
the African, Written by Himself (1789, 1791) 51 Chapter 1. The Author's
Account of His Country, Their Manners and Customs, &c. 51 Chapter 2. The
Author's Birth and Parentage - His Being Kidnapped with His Sister -
Horrors of a Slave Ship 60 Chapter 3. The Author Is Carried to Virginia -
Arrives in England - His Wonder at a Fall of Snow 69 Chapter 4. A
Particular Account of the Celebrated Engagement between Admiral Boscawen
and Monsieur Le Clue 78 Chapter 5. Various Interesting Instances of
Oppression, Cruelty, and Extortion 89 Chapter 10. Some Account of the
Manner of the Author's Conversion to the Faith of Jesus Christ 99 Chapter
12. Different Transactions of the Author's Life - Petition to the Queen -
Conclusion 109 David Walker (c.1785-1830) 119 Extracts from Appeal in Four
Articles; Together with a Preamble, to the Coloured Citizens of the World,
but in Particular and Very Expressly, to Those of the United States of
America (1829) 120 Article 1. Our Wretchedness in Consequence of Slavery
120 Article 2. Our Wretchedness in Consequence of Ignorance 127 Part 2 The
Literatures of Slavery and Freedom: c.1830-1865 137 Introduction 139 Omar
ibn Said (1770-1864) 143 Autobiography of Omar ibn Said, Slave in North
Carolina (1831) 144 Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) 147 Narrative of the
Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. Written by Himself. (1845)
149 What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? (1852) 210 William Wells Brown
(1814-1884) 221 Narrative of William Wells Brown, an American Slave.
Written by Himself. (1847, 1850) 223 The Escape; or, a Leap for Freedom: A
Drama in Five Acts (1858) 263 Martin Robison Delany (1812-1885) 299
Extracts from The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the
Colored People of the United States (1852) 300 Chapter 1. Condition of Many
Classes in Europe Considered 300 Chapter 2. Comparative Condition of the
Colored People of the United States 301 Chapter 3. American Colonization
308 Chapter 4. Our Elevation in the United States 311 Chapter 5. Means of
Elevation 313 Chapter 6. The United States Our Country 316 Chapter 17.
Emigration of the Colored People of the United States 317 Chapter 23. A
Glance at Ourselves - Conclusion 317 Harriet E. Adams Wilson (1825-1900)
323 Our Nig; or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black (1859) 324 Harriet
Ann Jacobs (1813-1897) 365 Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. Written
by Herself. (1861) 367 Part 3 The Literatures of Reconstruction, Racial
Uplift, and the New Negro: c.1865-1920 491 Introduction 493 Frank J. Webb
(1828-1894) 497 Two Wolves and a Lamb (1870) 498 Marvin Hayle (1870) 524
Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins (1859-1930) 548 Peculiar Sam, or the Underground
Railroad: A Musical Drama in Four Acts (1879) 550 Charles Waddell Chesnutt
(1858-1932) 565 What Is a White Man? (1889) 567 The Marrow of Tradition
(1901) 573 Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825-1911) 718 From Sketches of
Southern Life (1891) 720 Aunt Chloe 720 The Deliverance 722 Aunt Chloe's
Politics 729 Learning to Read 729 Church Building 731 The Reunion 731 Iola
Leroy, or Shadows Uplifted (1892) 733 Anna Julia Cooper (1858-1964) 852
Extract from A Voice from the South (1892) 853 Womanhood: A Vital Element
in the Regeneration and Progress of a Race 853 Paul Laurence Dunbar
(1872-1906) 867 From Lyrics of Lowly Life (1896) 869 The Poet and His Song
869 Accountability 870 Frederick Douglass 871 A Prayer 872 Passion and Love
873 An Ante-Bellum Sermon 873 Ode to Ethiopia 876 Whittier 877 A Banjo Song
877 To Louise 879 Alice 880 After the Quarrel 880 Beyond the Years 881 The
Spellin'-Bee 882 A Negro Love Song 884 The Colored Soldiers 885 Nature and
Art 887 When De Co'n Pone's Hot 888 The Deserted Plantation 889 We Wear the
Mask 890 Phyllis 891 When Malindy Sings 891 Extract from The Heart of Happy
Hollow (1904) 893 The Lynching of Jube Benson 893 Booker T. Washington
(1856-1915) 899 Extract from Up from Slavery (1901) 901 Chapter 14. The
Atlanta Exposition Address 901 William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868-1963)
909 The Souls of Black Folk (1903) 912 James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938)
1026 The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (1912, 1927) 1028 Glossary 1102
Timeline 1110 Name Index 1121 Subject Index 1126
Selection and Editorial Procedures xix Acknowledgments xxi Part 1 The
Literatures of Africa, Middle Passage, and Slavery: c.1746-1830 1
Introduction 3 Lucy Terry (c.1730-1821) 7 Bars Fight (1746) 8 Briton Hammon
(dates unknown) 9 Narrative of the Uncommon Sufferings and Surprizing
Deliverance of Briton Hammon, a Negro Man (1760) 10 Phillis Wheatley
(c.1753-1784) 15 From Poems on Various Subjects (1773) 17 To Maecenas 17 To
the University of Cambridge, in New England 18 On Being Brought from Africa
to America 19 On the Death of the Rev. Dr. Sewell. 1769 20 On the Death of
the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield. 1770 21 On the Death of a Young Lady of
Five Years of Age 22 On Recollection 23 On Imagination 25 To the Right
Honourable William, Earl of Dartmouth, His Majesty's Principal Secretary of
State for North-America, &c. 26 To S.M., a Young African Painter, on Seeing
His Works 27 A Farewell to America to Mrs. S.W. 28 Jupiter Hammon
(1711-c.1806) 31 An Address to Miss Phillis Wheatly, Ethiopian Poetess, in
Boston, Who Came from Africa at Eight Years of Age, and Soon Became
Acquainted with the Gospel of Jesus Christ (1778) 32 John Marrant
(1755-1791) 35 A Narrative of the Lord's Wonderful Dealings with John
Marrant, a Black (1785) 36 Olaudah Equiano (1745-1797) 49 Extracts from
Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa,
the African, Written by Himself (1789, 1791) 51 Chapter 1. The Author's
Account of His Country, Their Manners and Customs, &c. 51 Chapter 2. The
Author's Birth and Parentage - His Being Kidnapped with His Sister -
Horrors of a Slave Ship 60 Chapter 3. The Author Is Carried to Virginia -
Arrives in England - His Wonder at a Fall of Snow 69 Chapter 4. A
Particular Account of the Celebrated Engagement between Admiral Boscawen
and Monsieur Le Clue 78 Chapter 5. Various Interesting Instances of
Oppression, Cruelty, and Extortion 89 Chapter 10. Some Account of the
Manner of the Author's Conversion to the Faith of Jesus Christ 99 Chapter
12. Different Transactions of the Author's Life - Petition to the Queen -
Conclusion 109 David Walker (c.1785-1830) 119 Extracts from Appeal in Four
Articles; Together with a Preamble, to the Coloured Citizens of the World,
but in Particular and Very Expressly, to Those of the United States of
America (1829) 120 Article 1. Our Wretchedness in Consequence of Slavery
120 Article 2. Our Wretchedness in Consequence of Ignorance 127 Part 2 The
Literatures of Slavery and Freedom: c.1830-1865 137 Introduction 139 Omar
ibn Said (1770-1864) 143 Autobiography of Omar ibn Said, Slave in North
Carolina (1831) 144 Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) 147 Narrative of the
Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. Written by Himself. (1845)
149 What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? (1852) 210 William Wells Brown
(1814-1884) 221 Narrative of William Wells Brown, an American Slave.
Written by Himself. (1847, 1850) 223 The Escape; or, a Leap for Freedom: A
Drama in Five Acts (1858) 263 Martin Robison Delany (1812-1885) 299
Extracts from The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the
Colored People of the United States (1852) 300 Chapter 1. Condition of Many
Classes in Europe Considered 300 Chapter 2. Comparative Condition of the
Colored People of the United States 301 Chapter 3. American Colonization
308 Chapter 4. Our Elevation in the United States 311 Chapter 5. Means of
Elevation 313 Chapter 6. The United States Our Country 316 Chapter 17.
Emigration of the Colored People of the United States 317 Chapter 23. A
Glance at Ourselves - Conclusion 317 Harriet E. Adams Wilson (1825-1900)
323 Our Nig; or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black (1859) 324 Harriet
Ann Jacobs (1813-1897) 365 Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. Written
by Herself. (1861) 367 Part 3 The Literatures of Reconstruction, Racial
Uplift, and the New Negro: c.1865-1920 491 Introduction 493 Frank J. Webb
(1828-1894) 497 Two Wolves and a Lamb (1870) 498 Marvin Hayle (1870) 524
Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins (1859-1930) 548 Peculiar Sam, or the Underground
Railroad: A Musical Drama in Four Acts (1879) 550 Charles Waddell Chesnutt
(1858-1932) 565 What Is a White Man? (1889) 567 The Marrow of Tradition
(1901) 573 Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825-1911) 718 From Sketches of
Southern Life (1891) 720 Aunt Chloe 720 The Deliverance 722 Aunt Chloe's
Politics 729 Learning to Read 729 Church Building 731 The Reunion 731 Iola
Leroy, or Shadows Uplifted (1892) 733 Anna Julia Cooper (1858-1964) 852
Extract from A Voice from the South (1892) 853 Womanhood: A Vital Element
in the Regeneration and Progress of a Race 853 Paul Laurence Dunbar
(1872-1906) 867 From Lyrics of Lowly Life (1896) 869 The Poet and His Song
869 Accountability 870 Frederick Douglass 871 A Prayer 872 Passion and Love
873 An Ante-Bellum Sermon 873 Ode to Ethiopia 876 Whittier 877 A Banjo Song
877 To Louise 879 Alice 880 After the Quarrel 880 Beyond the Years 881 The
Spellin'-Bee 882 A Negro Love Song 884 The Colored Soldiers 885 Nature and
Art 887 When De Co'n Pone's Hot 888 The Deserted Plantation 889 We Wear the
Mask 890 Phyllis 891 When Malindy Sings 891 Extract from The Heart of Happy
Hollow (1904) 893 The Lynching of Jube Benson 893 Booker T. Washington
(1856-1915) 899 Extract from Up from Slavery (1901) 901 Chapter 14. The
Atlanta Exposition Address 901 William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868-1963)
909 The Souls of Black Folk (1903) 912 James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938)
1026 The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (1912, 1927) 1028 Glossary 1102
Timeline 1110 Name Index 1121 Subject Index 1126
Editorial Advisory Board x Preface xi Introduction xvi Principles of
Selection and Editorial Procedures xix Acknowledgments xxi Part 1 The
Literatures of Africa, Middle Passage, and Slavery: c.1746-1830 1
Introduction 3 Lucy Terry (c.1730-1821) 7 Bars Fight (1746) 8 Briton Hammon
(dates unknown) 9 Narrative of the Uncommon Sufferings and Surprizing
Deliverance of Briton Hammon, a Negro Man (1760) 10 Phillis Wheatley
(c.1753-1784) 15 From Poems on Various Subjects (1773) 17 To Maecenas 17 To
the University of Cambridge, in New England 18 On Being Brought from Africa
to America 19 On the Death of the Rev. Dr. Sewell. 1769 20 On the Death of
the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield. 1770 21 On the Death of a Young Lady of
Five Years of Age 22 On Recollection 23 On Imagination 25 To the Right
Honourable William, Earl of Dartmouth, His Majesty's Principal Secretary of
State for North-America, &c. 26 To S.M., a Young African Painter, on Seeing
His Works 27 A Farewell to America to Mrs. S.W. 28 Jupiter Hammon
(1711-c.1806) 31 An Address to Miss Phillis Wheatly, Ethiopian Poetess, in
Boston, Who Came from Africa at Eight Years of Age, and Soon Became
Acquainted with the Gospel of Jesus Christ (1778) 32 John Marrant
(1755-1791) 35 A Narrative of the Lord's Wonderful Dealings with John
Marrant, a Black (1785) 36 Olaudah Equiano (1745-1797) 49 Extracts from
Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa,
the African, Written by Himself (1789, 1791) 51 Chapter 1. The Author's
Account of His Country, Their Manners and Customs, &c. 51 Chapter 2. The
Author's Birth and Parentage - His Being Kidnapped with His Sister -
Horrors of a Slave Ship 60 Chapter 3. The Author Is Carried to Virginia -
Arrives in England - His Wonder at a Fall of Snow 69 Chapter 4. A
Particular Account of the Celebrated Engagement between Admiral Boscawen
and Monsieur Le Clue 78 Chapter 5. Various Interesting Instances of
Oppression, Cruelty, and Extortion 89 Chapter 10. Some Account of the
Manner of the Author's Conversion to the Faith of Jesus Christ 99 Chapter
12. Different Transactions of the Author's Life - Petition to the Queen -
Conclusion 109 David Walker (c.1785-1830) 119 Extracts from Appeal in Four
Articles; Together with a Preamble, to the Coloured Citizens of the World,
but in Particular and Very Expressly, to Those of the United States of
America (1829) 120 Article 1. Our Wretchedness in Consequence of Slavery
120 Article 2. Our Wretchedness in Consequence of Ignorance 127 Part 2 The
Literatures of Slavery and Freedom: c.1830-1865 137 Introduction 139 Omar
ibn Said (1770-1864) 143 Autobiography of Omar ibn Said, Slave in North
Carolina (1831) 144 Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) 147 Narrative of the
Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. Written by Himself. (1845)
149 What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? (1852) 210 William Wells Brown
(1814-1884) 221 Narrative of William Wells Brown, an American Slave.
Written by Himself. (1847, 1850) 223 The Escape; or, a Leap for Freedom: A
Drama in Five Acts (1858) 263 Martin Robison Delany (1812-1885) 299
Extracts from The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the
Colored People of the United States (1852) 300 Chapter 1. Condition of Many
Classes in Europe Considered 300 Chapter 2. Comparative Condition of the
Colored People of the United States 301 Chapter 3. American Colonization
308 Chapter 4. Our Elevation in the United States 311 Chapter 5. Means of
Elevation 313 Chapter 6. The United States Our Country 316 Chapter 17.
Emigration of the Colored People of the United States 317 Chapter 23. A
Glance at Ourselves - Conclusion 317 Harriet E. Adams Wilson (1825-1900)
323 Our Nig; or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black (1859) 324 Harriet
Ann Jacobs (1813-1897) 365 Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. Written
by Herself. (1861) 367 Part 3 The Literatures of Reconstruction, Racial
Uplift, and the New Negro: c.1865-1920 491 Introduction 493 Frank J. Webb
(1828-1894) 497 Two Wolves and a Lamb (1870) 498 Marvin Hayle (1870) 524
Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins (1859-1930) 548 Peculiar Sam, or the Underground
Railroad: A Musical Drama in Four Acts (1879) 550 Charles Waddell Chesnutt
(1858-1932) 565 What Is a White Man? (1889) 567 The Marrow of Tradition
(1901) 573 Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825-1911) 718 From Sketches of
Southern Life (1891) 720 Aunt Chloe 720 The Deliverance 722 Aunt Chloe's
Politics 729 Learning to Read 729 Church Building 731 The Reunion 731 Iola
Leroy, or Shadows Uplifted (1892) 733 Anna Julia Cooper (1858-1964) 852
Extract from A Voice from the South (1892) 853 Womanhood: A Vital Element
in the Regeneration and Progress of a Race 853 Paul Laurence Dunbar
(1872-1906) 867 From Lyrics of Lowly Life (1896) 869 The Poet and His Song
869 Accountability 870 Frederick Douglass 871 A Prayer 872 Passion and Love
873 An Ante-Bellum Sermon 873 Ode to Ethiopia 876 Whittier 877 A Banjo Song
877 To Louise 879 Alice 880 After the Quarrel 880 Beyond the Years 881 The
Spellin'-Bee 882 A Negro Love Song 884 The Colored Soldiers 885 Nature and
Art 887 When De Co'n Pone's Hot 888 The Deserted Plantation 889 We Wear the
Mask 890 Phyllis 891 When Malindy Sings 891 Extract from The Heart of Happy
Hollow (1904) 893 The Lynching of Jube Benson 893 Booker T. Washington
(1856-1915) 899 Extract from Up from Slavery (1901) 901 Chapter 14. The
Atlanta Exposition Address 901 William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868-1963)
909 The Souls of Black Folk (1903) 912 James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938)
1026 The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (1912, 1927) 1028 Glossary 1102
Timeline 1110 Name Index 1121 Subject Index 1126
Selection and Editorial Procedures xix Acknowledgments xxi Part 1 The
Literatures of Africa, Middle Passage, and Slavery: c.1746-1830 1
Introduction 3 Lucy Terry (c.1730-1821) 7 Bars Fight (1746) 8 Briton Hammon
(dates unknown) 9 Narrative of the Uncommon Sufferings and Surprizing
Deliverance of Briton Hammon, a Negro Man (1760) 10 Phillis Wheatley
(c.1753-1784) 15 From Poems on Various Subjects (1773) 17 To Maecenas 17 To
the University of Cambridge, in New England 18 On Being Brought from Africa
to America 19 On the Death of the Rev. Dr. Sewell. 1769 20 On the Death of
the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield. 1770 21 On the Death of a Young Lady of
Five Years of Age 22 On Recollection 23 On Imagination 25 To the Right
Honourable William, Earl of Dartmouth, His Majesty's Principal Secretary of
State for North-America, &c. 26 To S.M., a Young African Painter, on Seeing
His Works 27 A Farewell to America to Mrs. S.W. 28 Jupiter Hammon
(1711-c.1806) 31 An Address to Miss Phillis Wheatly, Ethiopian Poetess, in
Boston, Who Came from Africa at Eight Years of Age, and Soon Became
Acquainted with the Gospel of Jesus Christ (1778) 32 John Marrant
(1755-1791) 35 A Narrative of the Lord's Wonderful Dealings with John
Marrant, a Black (1785) 36 Olaudah Equiano (1745-1797) 49 Extracts from
Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa,
the African, Written by Himself (1789, 1791) 51 Chapter 1. The Author's
Account of His Country, Their Manners and Customs, &c. 51 Chapter 2. The
Author's Birth and Parentage - His Being Kidnapped with His Sister -
Horrors of a Slave Ship 60 Chapter 3. The Author Is Carried to Virginia -
Arrives in England - His Wonder at a Fall of Snow 69 Chapter 4. A
Particular Account of the Celebrated Engagement between Admiral Boscawen
and Monsieur Le Clue 78 Chapter 5. Various Interesting Instances of
Oppression, Cruelty, and Extortion 89 Chapter 10. Some Account of the
Manner of the Author's Conversion to the Faith of Jesus Christ 99 Chapter
12. Different Transactions of the Author's Life - Petition to the Queen -
Conclusion 109 David Walker (c.1785-1830) 119 Extracts from Appeal in Four
Articles; Together with a Preamble, to the Coloured Citizens of the World,
but in Particular and Very Expressly, to Those of the United States of
America (1829) 120 Article 1. Our Wretchedness in Consequence of Slavery
120 Article 2. Our Wretchedness in Consequence of Ignorance 127 Part 2 The
Literatures of Slavery and Freedom: c.1830-1865 137 Introduction 139 Omar
ibn Said (1770-1864) 143 Autobiography of Omar ibn Said, Slave in North
Carolina (1831) 144 Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) 147 Narrative of the
Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. Written by Himself. (1845)
149 What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? (1852) 210 William Wells Brown
(1814-1884) 221 Narrative of William Wells Brown, an American Slave.
Written by Himself. (1847, 1850) 223 The Escape; or, a Leap for Freedom: A
Drama in Five Acts (1858) 263 Martin Robison Delany (1812-1885) 299
Extracts from The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the
Colored People of the United States (1852) 300 Chapter 1. Condition of Many
Classes in Europe Considered 300 Chapter 2. Comparative Condition of the
Colored People of the United States 301 Chapter 3. American Colonization
308 Chapter 4. Our Elevation in the United States 311 Chapter 5. Means of
Elevation 313 Chapter 6. The United States Our Country 316 Chapter 17.
Emigration of the Colored People of the United States 317 Chapter 23. A
Glance at Ourselves - Conclusion 317 Harriet E. Adams Wilson (1825-1900)
323 Our Nig; or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black (1859) 324 Harriet
Ann Jacobs (1813-1897) 365 Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. Written
by Herself. (1861) 367 Part 3 The Literatures of Reconstruction, Racial
Uplift, and the New Negro: c.1865-1920 491 Introduction 493 Frank J. Webb
(1828-1894) 497 Two Wolves and a Lamb (1870) 498 Marvin Hayle (1870) 524
Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins (1859-1930) 548 Peculiar Sam, or the Underground
Railroad: A Musical Drama in Four Acts (1879) 550 Charles Waddell Chesnutt
(1858-1932) 565 What Is a White Man? (1889) 567 The Marrow of Tradition
(1901) 573 Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825-1911) 718 From Sketches of
Southern Life (1891) 720 Aunt Chloe 720 The Deliverance 722 Aunt Chloe's
Politics 729 Learning to Read 729 Church Building 731 The Reunion 731 Iola
Leroy, or Shadows Uplifted (1892) 733 Anna Julia Cooper (1858-1964) 852
Extract from A Voice from the South (1892) 853 Womanhood: A Vital Element
in the Regeneration and Progress of a Race 853 Paul Laurence Dunbar
(1872-1906) 867 From Lyrics of Lowly Life (1896) 869 The Poet and His Song
869 Accountability 870 Frederick Douglass 871 A Prayer 872 Passion and Love
873 An Ante-Bellum Sermon 873 Ode to Ethiopia 876 Whittier 877 A Banjo Song
877 To Louise 879 Alice 880 After the Quarrel 880 Beyond the Years 881 The
Spellin'-Bee 882 A Negro Love Song 884 The Colored Soldiers 885 Nature and
Art 887 When De Co'n Pone's Hot 888 The Deserted Plantation 889 We Wear the
Mask 890 Phyllis 891 When Malindy Sings 891 Extract from The Heart of Happy
Hollow (1904) 893 The Lynching of Jube Benson 893 Booker T. Washington
(1856-1915) 899 Extract from Up from Slavery (1901) 901 Chapter 14. The
Atlanta Exposition Address 901 William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868-1963)
909 The Souls of Black Folk (1903) 912 James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938)
1026 The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (1912, 1927) 1028 Glossary 1102
Timeline 1110 Name Index 1121 Subject Index 1126
"The Wiley Blackwell Anthology of African American Literature is a comprehensive collection of poems, short stories, novellas, novels, plays, autobiographies, and essays authored by African Americans from the eighteenth century until the present. Evenly divided into two volumes, it is also the first such anthology to be conceived and published for both classroom and online education in the new millennium." (Native American Encyclopedia, 6 February 2014)