The North Carolina Roots of African American Literature: An AnthologyWilliam L. Andrews University of North Carolina Press, 2006 - 314 pages The first African American to publish a book in the South, the author of the first female slave narrative in the United States, the father of black nationalism in America--these and other founders of African American literature have a surprising connection to one another: they all hailed from the state of North Carolina. This collection of poetry, fiction, autobiography, and essays showcases some of the best work of eight influential African American writers from North Carolina during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In his introduction, William L. Andrews explores the reasons why black North Carolinians made such a disproportionate contribution (in quantity and lasting quality) to African American literature as compared to that of other southern states with larger African American populations. The authors in this anthology parlayed both the advantages and disadvantages of their North Carolina beginnings into sophisticated perspectives on the best and the worst of which humanity, in both the South and the North, was capable. They created an African American literary tradition unrivaled by that of any other state in the South. Writers included here are Charles W. Chesnutt, Anna Julia Cooper, David Bryant Fulton, George Moses Horton, Harriet Jacobs, Lunsford Lane, Moses Roper, and David Walker. |
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... Lunsford Lane , The Narrative of Lunsford Lane , Formerly of Raleigh , N.C. ( Boston : J. G. Torrey , 1842 ) . Further quotations from Lane's narrative are taken from the edition reprinted in this volume unless otherwise noted . For a ...
... Lunsford Lane , The Narrative of Lunsford Lane , Formerly of Raleigh , N.C. ( Boston : J. G. Torrey , 1842 ) . Further quotations from Lane's narrative are taken from the edition reprinted in this volume unless otherwise noted . For a ...
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... Lane raised the money he needed to free his fam- ily and bring them to the North . Lane states in the introduction to his narrative that he " employ [ ed ] the ... Lane , Formerly of Raleigh , N.C. , Embracing an Account of 142 LUNSFORD LANE.
... Lane raised the money he needed to free his fam- ily and bring them to the North . Lane states in the introduction to his narrative that he " employ [ ed ] the ... Lane , Formerly of Raleigh , N.C. , Embracing an Account of 142 LUNSFORD LANE.
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... LUNSFORD LANE . The undersigned are well acquainted with Lunsford Lane , the petitioner , and join in his petition to the Assembly for relief . · Charles Manly , 23 · R. W. Haywood , · · Eleanor Haywood , Wm . Hill , 24 R. Smith , Wm ...
... LUNSFORD LANE . The undersigned are well acquainted with Lunsford Lane , the petitioner , and join in his petition to the Assembly for relief . · Charles Manly , 23 · R. W. Haywood , · · Eleanor Haywood , Wm . Hill , 24 R. Smith , Wm ...
Contents
GEORGE MOSES HORTON | 43 |
Edited with an introduction by Amanda M Page | 49 |
DAVID WALKER | 69 |
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