The Negro in English Literature: A Critical IntroductionA. H. Stockwell, 1962 - 176 pages |
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... servant . We find the Negro in the Near East in the times of Christ ; and we find him in the great periods of ancient Greece and Rome . Is it possible that the Romans took some dark- skinned people as servants or slaves to England when ...
... servant . We find the Negro in the Near East in the times of Christ ; and we find him in the great periods of ancient Greece and Rome . Is it possible that the Romans took some dark- skinned people as servants or slaves to England when ...
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... servants , viz . an English woman- servant ... and a negro man - servant , things absolutely necessary for all people that pretended to settle in that country " . Later she tells us that her son sent her a man - servant and a negro boy ...
... servants , viz . an English woman- servant ... and a negro man - servant , things absolutely necessary for all people that pretended to settle in that country " . Later she tells us that her son sent her a man - servant and a negro boy ...
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... servant who appears in the first part of the book . His role is unimportant , but he is described in the follow- ing way : A black servant , who reposed on the box beside the fat coachman , uncurled his bandy - legs as soon as the equip ...
... servant who appears in the first part of the book . His role is unimportant , but he is described in the follow- ing way : A black servant , who reposed on the box beside the fat coachman , uncurled his bandy - legs as soon as the equip ...
Contents
Preface | 9 |
Shakespeare and the Man of Colour | 23 |
The Negro and Colour in Poetry | 48 |
Copyright | |
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