The Resource Word by word : emancipation and the act of writing, Christopher Hager
Word by word : emancipation and the act of writing, Christopher Hager
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- Summary
- "One of the cruelest abuses of slavery in America was that slaves were forbidden to read and write. Consigned to illiteracy, they left no records of their thoughts and feelings apart from the few exceptional narratives of Frederick Douglass and others who escaped to the North-or so we have long believed. But as Christopher Hager reveals, a few enslaved African Americans managed to become literate in spite of all prohibitions, and during the halting years of emancipation thousands more seized the chance to learn. The letters and diaries of these novice writers, unpolished and hesitant yet rich with voice, show ordinary black men and women across the South using pen and paper to make sense of their experiences"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 311 pages
- Contents
-
- Black Literacy in the White Mind
- The Private Life of the Literate Slave
- Writing a Life in Slavery and Freedom
- The Written We
- Petition and Protest in the Occupied South
- Black Ink, White Pages
- Isbn
- 9780674059863
- Label
- Word by word : emancipation and the act of writing
- Title
- Word by word
- Title remainder
- emancipation and the act of writing
- Statement of responsibility
- Christopher Hager
- Subject
-
- African American authors -- Political and social views
- African Americans -- Civil rights
- trueAfrican Americans -- Civil rights
- trueAfrican Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
- African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
- trueAfrican Americans -- Social conditions -- To 1964
- African Americans -- Social conditions -- To 1964
- trueAfrican Americans in literature
- African Americans in literature
- American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
- American literature -- African American authors | History and criticism
- trueArts and Entertainment -- Writing and Publishing
- trueAuthors, American -- 19th century
- Authors, American -- 19th century -- Political and social views
- trueHistory writing -- United States -- African American
- trueLiterature and society
- Literature and society -- United States
- Slaves -- Emancipation -- United States
- trueSlaves -- Emancipation -- United States
- trueSociety and culture -- Race
- trueAfrican American authors
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "One of the cruelest abuses of slavery in America was that slaves were forbidden to read and write. Consigned to illiteracy, they left no records of their thoughts and feelings apart from the few exceptional narratives of Frederick Douglass and others who escaped to the North-or so we have long believed. But as Christopher Hager reveals, a few enslaved African Americans managed to become literate in spite of all prohibitions, and during the halting years of emancipation thousands more seized the chance to learn. The letters and diaries of these novice writers, unpolished and hesitant yet rich with voice, show ordinary black men and women across the South using pen and paper to make sense of their experiences"--
- Summary
- This study invites inquiry into the profound mysteries of how literacy functions for individuals and for society--the transformative power of the inner experience, the significance of the context in which reading and writing occur. Hager (English and American studies, Trinity College) has brought together writings by slaves and former slaves after Emancipation--writings remarkable in that they exist at all, given that slaves were forbidden to read and write, and remarkable, also, for what they express and what they reveal about literacy itself. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Assigning source
- Book jacket
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10170026
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1974-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hager, Christopher
- Dewey number
- 810.9/896073075
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PS153.N5
- LC item number
- H17 2013
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- American literature
- Authors, American
- American literature
- African Americans
- African American authors
- African Americans
- Literature and society
- African Americans
- African Americans in literature
- Slaves
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- emancipation and the act of writing
- Label
- Word by word : emancipation and the act of writing, Christopher Hager
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-299) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Black Literacy in the White Mind -- The Private Life of the Literate Slave -- Writing a Life in Slavery and Freedom -- The Written We -- Petition and Protest in the Occupied South -- Black Ink, White Pages
- Control code
- 20064287
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 311 pages
- Isbn
- 9780674059863
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2012016934
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn792886753
- (OCoLC)792886753
- Label
- Word by word : emancipation and the act of writing, Christopher Hager
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-299) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Black Literacy in the White Mind -- The Private Life of the Literate Slave -- Writing a Life in Slavery and Freedom -- The Written We -- Petition and Protest in the Occupied South -- Black Ink, White Pages
- Control code
- 20064287
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 311 pages
- Isbn
- 9780674059863
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2012016934
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn792886753
- (OCoLC)792886753
Subject
- African American authors -- Political and social views
- African Americans -- Civil rights
- trueAfrican Americans -- Civil rights
- trueAfrican Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
- African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
- trueAfrican Americans -- Social conditions -- To 1964
- African Americans -- Social conditions -- To 1964
- trueAfrican Americans in literature
- African Americans in literature
- American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
- American literature -- African American authors | History and criticism
- trueArts and Entertainment -- Writing and Publishing
- trueAuthors, American -- 19th century
- Authors, American -- 19th century -- Political and social views
- trueHistory writing -- United States -- African American
- trueLiterature and society
- Literature and society -- United States
- Slaves -- Emancipation -- United States
- trueSlaves -- Emancipation -- United States
- trueSociety and culture -- Race
- trueAfrican American authors
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