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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... father's wife heard of my birth , she sent one of my mother's sisters to see whether I was white or black , and when ... father sold her and myself , soon after her confine- ment . I cannot recollect anything that is worth notice till I ...
... father's wife heard of my birth , she sent one of my mother's sisters to see whether I was white or black , and when ... father sold her and myself , soon after her confine- ment . I cannot recollect anything that is worth notice till I ...
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... father's house the next morn- ing ; but I was ordered to go for flowers , that my mistress's house might be decorated for an evening party . I spent the day gathering flowers and weaving them into festoons , while the dead body of my father ...
... father's house the next morn- ing ; but I was ordered to go for flowers , that my mistress's house might be decorated for an evening party . I spent the day gathering flowers and weaving them into festoons , while the dead body of my father ...
Page 240
... father ! don't go ! " pleaded the girl , clinging to his arm ; " they'll shoot you if you don't give him up . " " You never mind me , Polly , " said her father reassuringly , as he gently unclasped her hands from his arm . " I'll take ...
... father ! don't go ! " pleaded the girl , clinging to his arm ; " they'll shoot you if you don't give him up . " " You never mind me , Polly , " said her father reassuringly , as he gently unclasped her hands from his arm . " I'll take ...
Contents
GEORGE MOSES HORTON | 43 |
Edited with an introduction by Amanda M Page | 49 |
DAVID WALKER | 69 |
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