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Watching Slavery
Witness Texts and Travel Reports
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Artikel-Nr:
9780820495415
Veröffentl:
2008
Seiten:
213
Autor:
Joe Lockard
Gewicht:
340 g
Format:
230x160x34 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
The Author: Joe Lockard is Assistant Professor of English at Arizona State University and directs the Antislavery Literature Project.
How did witnesses of slavery relate their experiences and what effect did their reports have? This book examines travel accounts, fictions, poetry, and legal texts to analyze direct and indirect encounters with slavery in the antebellum United States. It discusses the rhetorical politics of British and American, and black and white, observations of slavery. The discussion raises critical questions about the role of witness and its link with political action, both in antebellum and contemporary America.
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