Bound to respect : antebellum narratives of black imprisonment, servitude, and bondage, 1816-1861 / / Keith Michael Green
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| Autore: |
Green Keith Michael <1976->
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| Titolo: |
Bound to respect : antebellum narratives of black imprisonment, servitude, and bondage, 1816-1861 / / Keith Michael Green
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| Pubblicazione: | Tuscaloosa, Alabama : , : The University Alabama Press, , 2015 |
| ©2015 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (228 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 810.9/3552 |
| Soggetto topico: | American literature - 19th century - History and criticism |
| Slavery in literature | |
| American literature - African American authors - History and criticism | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | I. Bound in slavery -- II. Bound in freedom. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Winner of the Elizabeth Agee Prize in American Literature In Bound to Respect: Antebellum Narratives of Black Imprisonment, Servitude, and Bondage, 1816-1861, Keith Michael Green examines key texts that illuminate forms of black bondage and captivity that existed within and alongside slavery. In doing so, he restores to antebellum African American autobiographical writing the fascinating heterogeneity lost if the historical experiences of African Americans are attributed to slavery alone. The book's title is taken from the assertion by US Supreme Court chief justice Roger B. Taney in his 1857 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Bound to respect |
| ISBN: | 0-8173-8887-7 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910810648603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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