The North Carolina Roots of African American Literature: An AnthologyWilliam L. Andrews 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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... horton 43 Edited with an introduction by Amanda Page Texts by Horton 49 david walker 69 Edited with an introduction by Jennifer Larson Text by Walker 74 moses roper 89 Edited with an introduction by Kristina Bobo Text by Roper 95 ...
... horton 43 Edited with an introduction by Amanda Page Texts by Horton 49 david walker 69 Edited with an introduction by Jennifer Larson Text by Walker 74 moses roper 89 Edited with an introduction by Kristina Bobo Text by Roper 95 ...
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... Horton of Chatham County, David Walker of Wilmington, Moses Roper of Caswell County, Lunsford Lane of Raleigh, Harriet Jacobs of Edenton, Charles W. Chesnutt of Fayetteville, Anna Julia Cooper of Raleigh, and David Bryant Fulton of ...
... Horton of Chatham County, David Walker of Wilmington, Moses Roper of Caswell County, Lunsford Lane of Raleigh, Harriet Jacobs of Edenton, Charles W. Chesnutt of Fayetteville, Anna Julia Cooper of Raleigh, and David Bryant Fulton of ...
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... Horton, the first African American to publish a book in the South, to Charles W. Chesnutt, the first African ... Horton's first book of verse, The Hope of Liberty, appeared in Raleigh, North Carolina's contribution to American literature ...
... Horton, the first African American to publish a book in the South, to Charles W. Chesnutt, the first African ... Horton's first book of verse, The Hope of Liberty, appeared in Raleigh, North Carolina's contribution to American literature ...
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... Horton's earliest published verse. Though blaming no one specifically for “the sad disgrace / In which enslaved I lie,” “On Liberty and Slavery” (1828) left no doubt as to the poet's fervent desire for a better life in freedom. Whether ...
... Horton's earliest published verse. Though blaming no one specifically for “the sad disgrace / In which enslaved I lie,” “On Liberty and Slavery” (1828) left no doubt as to the poet's fervent desire for a better life in freedom. Whether ...
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... Horton's possession.8 All but one was a blood relative of George. The ratio of slaves to slaveholder in the Horton household was about average for the state at that time. Far from playing the lord of the manor, North Carolina farmers ...
... Horton's possession.8 All but one was a blood relative of George. The ratio of slaves to slaveholder in the Horton household was about average for the state at that time. Far from playing the lord of the manor, North Carolina farmers ...
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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