Word by word emancipation and the act of writing / [electronic resource] :
Christopher Hager.
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2013.
- 311 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Black Literacy in the White Mind -- The Private Life of the Literate Slave -- Writing a Life in Slavery and Freedom -- The Written We -- Petition and Protest in the Occupied South -- Black Ink, White Pages.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
American literature--African American authors--History and criticism. Authors, American--Political and social views.--19th century American literature--History and criticism.--19th century African Americans--Intellectual life--20th century. African American authors--Political and social views. African Americans--Social conditions--To 1964. Literature and society--United States. African Americans--Civil rights. African Americans in literature. Slaves--Emancipation--United States.