The North Carolina Roots of African American Literature: An AnthologyWilliam L. Andrews Univ of North Carolina Press, 2006 - 314 pages The first African American to publish a book in the South, the author of the first female slave narrative in the United States, the father of black nationalism in America--these and other founders of African American literature have a surprising connectio |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Statement of Editorial Practice | 41 |
GEORGE MOSES HORTON | 43 |
DAVID WALKER | 69 |
MOSES ROPER | 89 |
LUNSFORD LANE | 139 |
HARRIET JACOBS | 171 |
CHARLES W CHESNUTT | 217 |
ANNA JULIA COOPER | 263 |
DAVID BRYANT FULTON | 289 |
Timeline | 311 |
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