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African-American Pamphlets and Protest, 1790-1860 by Richard Newman & Patrick Rael & Philip Lapansky
The editors examine the important and previously overlooked pamphleteering tradition and offer new insights into how the printed word became so important to black activists in this critical period.Between the Revolution and the Civil War, African-American writing became a prominent feature of both black protest culture and American public life. Although denied a political voice in national affairs, black authors produced a wide range of literature to project their views into the public sphere. Autobiographies and personal narratives told of slavery's horrors, newspapers railed against racism in its various forms, and poetry, novellas, reprinted sermons and speeches told tales of racial uplift and redemption. The editors examine the important and previously overlooked pamphleteering tradition and offer new insights into how and why the printed word became so important to black activists during this critical period. An introduction by the editors situates the pamphlets in their various social, economic and political contexts. This is the first book to capture the depth of black print culture before the Civil War by examining perhaps its most important form, the pamphlet. |
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| Author(s) : Richard Newman & Patrick Rael | Format : Hardback Book |
| ISBN-10 : 041592443X | ISBN-13 : 9780415924436 |
| RRP : £70.00 | Best available price : £ / $ |
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Product Details:
Country Publication : United Kingdom
Publication Date : 23/11/2000
Publisher : Taylor & Francis Ltd
Page Length : 320mm
Page Size : 246mm