An Introduction to Black Literature in America: From 1746 to the PresentLindsay Patterson Publishers Agency, 1976 - 302 pages |
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From 1746 to the Present Lindsay Patterson. •. A Slave among Slaves Booker T. Washington I WAS BORN a slave on a plantation in Frank- lin County , Virginia . I am not quite sure of the exact place or exact date of my birth , but at any ...
From 1746 to the Present Lindsay Patterson. •. A Slave among Slaves Booker T. Washington I WAS BORN a slave on a plantation in Frank- lin County , Virginia . I am not quite sure of the exact place or exact date of my birth , but at any ...
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... slave plantation sought to escape . The slave system on our place , in a large measure , took the spirit of self - reliance and self- help out of the white people . My old master had many boys and girls , but not ... SLAVE AMONG SLAVES 71.
... slave plantation sought to escape . The slave system on our place , in a large measure , took the spirit of self - reliance and self- help out of the white people . My old master had many boys and girls , but not ... SLAVE AMONG SLAVES 71.
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... slave behind his chair . The late Henry Clay , some years since , predicted that the aboli- tion of Negro slavery ... slave of the South . " In all the cities and towns of the slave states , the real Negro , or clear black , does not ...
... slave behind his chair . The late Henry Clay , some years since , predicted that the aboli- tion of Negro slavery ... slave of the South . " In all the cities and towns of the slave states , the real Negro , or clear black , does not ...
Contents
Introduction Lindsay Patterson | 5 |
A Plan of Peace Office for the United States Benjamin Banneker | 17 |
Poetry | 27 |
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