Word by word : emancipation and the act of writing

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Word by word : emancipation and the act of writing

Title remainder

emancipation and the act of writing

Statement of responsibility

Christopher Hager

Creator

• trueHager, Christopher, 1974-
• Hager, Christopher, 1974-

Subject

• trueAfrican American authors
• trueLiterature and society
• American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
• trueSociety and culture -- Race
• African Americans -- Social conditions -- To 1964
• African American authors -- Political and social views
• Literature and society -- United States
• trueSlaves -- Emancipation -- United States
• African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
• trueAfrican Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
• trueAuthors, American -- 19th century
• trueArts and Entertainment -- Writing and Publishing
• trueHistory writing -- United States -- African American
• trueAfrican Americans in literature
• trueAfrican Americans -- Civil rights
• American literature -- African American authors | History and criticism
• Authors, American -- 19th century -- Political and social views
• trueAfrican Americans -- Social conditions -- To 1964
• Slaves -- Emancipation -- United States
• African Americans in literature
• African Americans -- Civil rights

Genre

• trueSociety and culture
• trueHistory writing
• trueArts and Entertainment

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"--

Tone

• trueThought-provoking

Writing style

• trueRichly detailed
• trueEngaging
• trueScholarly

Assigning source

Book jacket

Cataloging source

DLC

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

Target audience

adult