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
- Subject
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- 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"--
- 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
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