The North Carolina Roots of African American Literature: An AnthologyWilliam L. Andrews Univ of North Carolina Press, 2006 M12 8 - 328 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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... Roper assures his readers. We cannot be certain as to whether Roper truly repented of his duplicitous behavior while trying to elude his captors, or whether these sentiments were just another mask that he felt obliged to adopt as he ...
... Roper assures his readers. We cannot be certain as to whether Roper truly repented of his duplicitous behavior while trying to elude his captors, or whether these sentiments were just another mask that he felt obliged to adopt as he ...
Page 14
... Roper and Lane concluded their stories on a note of relief and gratitude after having eluded what Lane called “the stern, cruel, hated hand of slavery” (p. 00).30 Lane was never menaced by the physical cruelties that Roper cataloged in ...
... Roper and Lane concluded their stories on a note of relief and gratitude after having eluded what Lane called “the stern, cruel, hated hand of slavery” (p. 00).30 Lane was never menaced by the physical cruelties that Roper cataloged in ...
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... Roper, who successfully escaped to the North, was greater than the number of slaves, like Lane, who, through patience and diligence, managed to amass sufficient money to buy themselves. Thus, although the admiration accorded to escapees ...
... Roper, who successfully escaped to the North, was greater than the number of slaves, like Lane, who, through patience and diligence, managed to amass sufficient money to buy themselves. Thus, although the admiration accorded to escapees ...
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... Roper had declared was “too disgusting” to be broached in a public narrative (p. 00), a topic that was likely to scandalize and draw a blame-the-victim response from most readers of the time, is one of the most intriguing aspects of ...
... Roper had declared was “too disgusting” to be broached in a public narrative (p. 00), a topic that was likely to scandalize and draw a blame-the-victim response from most readers of the time, is one of the most intriguing aspects of ...
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... Roper's unclassifiable whiteness had elicited from anxious whites in the slavery era. Fortunately for the respected Fayetteville principal, his reputation among local whites was such that he did not have to worry about physical ...
... Roper's unclassifiable whiteness had elicited from anxious whites in the slavery era. Fortunately for the respected Fayetteville principal, his reputation among local whites was such that he did not have to worry about physical ...
Contents
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Statement of Editorial Practice | 41 |
GEORGE MOSES HORTON | 43 |
DAVID WALKER | 69 |
MOSES ROPER | 89 |
LUNSFORD LANE | 139 |
HARRIET JACOBS | 171 |
CHARLES W CHESNUTT | 217 |
ANNA JULIA COOPER | 263 |
DAVID BRYANT FULTON | 289 |
Timeline | 311 |
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