An Introduction to Black Literature in America: From 1746 to the PresentLindsay Patterson Publishers Agency, 1976 - 302 pages |
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Page 103
... town of Cadgers . From this he had risen one step and become porter and messenger in a barbershop . This rise fired his ambition , and he was not content until he had learned to use the shears and the razor and had a chair of his own ...
... town of Cadgers . From this he had risen one step and become porter and messenger in a barbershop . This rise fired his ambition , and he was not content until he had learned to use the shears and the razor and had a chair of his own ...
Page 135
... town . Barlo rises to his full height . He is immense . To the people he assumes the outlines of his visioned African . In a mighty voice he bellows : " Brothers an sisters , turn your faces t th sweet face of the Lord , an fill your ...
... town . Barlo rises to his full height . He is immense . To the people he assumes the outlines of his visioned African . In a mighty voice he bellows : " Brothers an sisters , turn your faces t th sweet face of the Lord , an fill your ...
Page 184
... town . Beggin ' yo ' pahdon , suh , I wasn't in none of that trouble . I ain't neber been in no trouble . You kin ax my cap'n , if you wants to . All I wants is permission to go into town fur one week , an ' I'll stay outa town fur two ...
... town . Beggin ' yo ' pahdon , suh , I wasn't in none of that trouble . I ain't neber been in no trouble . You kin ax my cap'n , if you wants to . All I wants is permission to go into town fur one week , an ' I'll stay outa town fur two ...
Contents
Introduction Lindsay Patterson | 5 |
A Plan of Peace Office for the United States Benjamin Banneker | 17 |
Poetry | 27 |
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