The Negro in English Literature: A Critical IntroductionA. H. Stockwell, 1962 - 176 pages |
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Page 55
... society in general , for society was still concerned with the things of Caesar . Howsoever this may be philosophically , it was the purpose and aim of the anti - slavery agitators to make society have something to do with God . The ...
... society in general , for society was still concerned with the things of Caesar . Howsoever this may be philosophically , it was the purpose and aim of the anti - slavery agitators to make society have something to do with God . The ...
Page 60
... Society was formed , and its govern- ing body consisted of nine Quakers in addition to the celebrated abolitionists Clarkson , Granville Sharp , and Wilberforce . These men prepared for a parliamentary battle against the traffic ...
... Society was formed , and its govern- ing body consisted of nine Quakers in addition to the celebrated abolitionists Clarkson , Granville Sharp , and Wilberforce . These men prepared for a parliamentary battle against the traffic ...
Page 65
... society is the theme of most of the abolitionistic poetry of the time , for it served to prove that savages were un- corrupted until they came in contact with civilised man . • The place of the Negro in the scheme of nature rose as the ...
... society is the theme of most of the abolitionistic poetry of the time , for it served to prove that savages were un- corrupted until they came in contact with civilised man . • The place of the Negro in the scheme of nature rose as the ...
Contents
Preface | 9 |
Shakespeare and the Man of Colour | 23 |
The Negro and Colour in Poetry | 48 |
Copyright | |
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