Impossible witnesses

Description:

Black literary production during the 19th century was dominated by the issues of slavery, racial subjugation, abolitionist politics and liberation. This book examines how those authors bore witness to the experiences they described.

subjects: African Americans in literature,  Autobiography,  Slaves,  American prose literature,  History and criticism,  African American authors,  Intellectual life,  Slavery in literature,  Slaves' writings, American,  African Americans,  Antislavery movements,  Biography,  History,  Abolicionismo,  Literatura norte-americana,  Escravidão,  Movimentos ideológicos,  American prose literature, history and criticism,  Antislavery movements, united states,  Slaves, united states,  African americans, biography,  Slaves' writings, history and criticism,  African americans in literature

Places: United States

Times: 19th century