Word by Word : Emancipation and the Act of Writing.
Hager, Christopher.
Word by Word : Emancipation and the Act of Writing. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (324 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction: A Colored Man's Constitution -- 1. Black Literacy in the White Mind -- 2. The Private Life of the Literate Slave -- 3. Writing a Life in Slavery and Freedom -- 4. The Written We -- 5. Petition and Protest in the Occupied South -- 6. Black Ink, White Pages -- Conclusion: Up from the South -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Consigned to illiteracy, American slaves left little record of their thoughts and feelings--or so we have believed. But a few learned to use pen and paper to make sense of their experiences, despite prohibitions. These authors' perspectives rewrite the history of emancipation and force us to rethink the relationship between literacy and freedom.
9780674067486
American literature-African American authors-History and criticism.
Authors, American-19th century-Political and social views.
American literature-19th century-History and criticism.
African Americans-Intellectual life-20th century.
African American authors-Political and social views.
African Americans-Social conditions-To 1964.
Literature and society-United States.
African Americans-Civil rights.
African Americans in literature.
Enslaved persons-Emancipation-United States.
Electronic books.
PS153
810.9/896073075
Word by Word : Emancipation and the Act of Writing. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (324 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction: A Colored Man's Constitution -- 1. Black Literacy in the White Mind -- 2. The Private Life of the Literate Slave -- 3. Writing a Life in Slavery and Freedom -- 4. The Written We -- 5. Petition and Protest in the Occupied South -- 6. Black Ink, White Pages -- Conclusion: Up from the South -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Consigned to illiteracy, American slaves left little record of their thoughts and feelings--or so we have believed. But a few learned to use pen and paper to make sense of their experiences, despite prohibitions. These authors' perspectives rewrite the history of emancipation and force us to rethink the relationship between literacy and freedom.
9780674067486
American literature-African American authors-History and criticism.
Authors, American-19th century-Political and social views.
American literature-19th century-History and criticism.
African Americans-Intellectual life-20th century.
African American authors-Political and social views.
African Americans-Social conditions-To 1964.
Literature and society-United States.
African Americans-Civil rights.
African Americans in literature.
Enslaved persons-Emancipation-United States.
Electronic books.
PS153
810.9/896073075