Dec 16, 2009

A History of Afro-American Literature | A History of Afro-American Literature

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Author: Blyden Jackson
First Published: 1989
Type of Work: Literary history
Time of Work: 1746-1895
Setting: Colonial America; the United States
Genres: Criticism, Nonfiction
Subjects: African Americans, Freedom, United States or Americans, Racism, Colonialism, Slavery or slaves, Literature, Poetry or poets
Locales: United States, American colonies

Blyden Jackson’s ambitious history of Afro-American literature begins propitiously with this substantial volume, which traces the history of the slavery of black people and carries its consideration to the period when the United States was moving from an agrarian society, much of it formerly dependent upon the productivity of its slaves, to an industrial society that had to devise ways to accommodate the needs of those who had been displaced from farm jobs, black and white alike.

Jackson’s book is divided into sections that consider the age of apprenticeship and the age of...

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A History of Afro-American Literature | A History of Afro-American Literature

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