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American slavery : a historical exploration of literature

Title
American slavery : a historical exploration of literature / Robert Felgar [compiler].
Publication
Santa Barbara, California : Greenwood, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2015]

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Additional Authors
Felgar, Robert, 1944-
Description
xxi, 247 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Summary
"Utilizing key selections from American literature, this volume aligns with ELA Common Core Standards to give students a fresh perspective on and a keener understanding of slavery in the United States. Slavery is a central feature of American history, one with which the nation still has not come fully to terms. In this book, that seminal topic is examined in a fresh way--through literature. Organized chronologically to show evolving attitudes toward American slavery in the 19th century, the work focuses on four key 19th-century texts that are frequently taught, using them as a gateway for understanding this critical period and why slavery had to be destroyed if the Union was to be maintained. In addition to examining the four works--Frederick Douglass's Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, Harriet Jacobs's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, and Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn--the book also provides numerous historical documents that contextualize slavery in the literary texts. These documents make it dramatically clear why issues such as abolition and the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 were so controversial for 19th-century Americans. Aligned with the ELA Common Core Standards, the title supports history teachers with insights into classic literary works, and it enhances the English curriculum with rich elaborations of relevant historical context." -- Publisher's description
Series Statement
Historical explorations of literature
Uniform Title
Historical explorations of literature.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  • History.
  • Sources.
Note
  • Includes chronology, discussion questions, suggested readings, and index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • I. Introduction -- II. Chronology -- III. Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave, written by himself -- Historical background -- About Frederick Douglass -- Historical explorations : overseers -- The life and times of Frederick Douglass (1892) / Frederick Douglass -- The Cotton kingdom (1861) / Frederick Law Olmsted -- From two letters from The Farmers' Register -- Historical explorations : Nineteenth-Century American schoolbooks -- "Dialogue between a master and slave" (1797) / from The Columbian Orator -- "A discourse delivered before the New York Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves", April 12, 1797 / Rev. Samuel Miller -- From "part of Mr. O'Connor's speech in the Irish House of Commons, in favor of the bill for emancipating the Roman Catholics, 1795 / The Columbian Orator --
  • IV. Uncle Tom's cabin -- Historical background -- About Harriet Beecher Stowe -- Historical explorations : slave auctions -- Twelve years a slave (1853) / Solomon Northup -- Narrative of the life and adventures of Henry Bibb, an American slave (1849) / Henry Bibb -- Narrative of Sojourner Truth : a Northern slave (1850) / Sojourner Truth -- Historical explorations : underground railroad -- Reminiscences of Levi Coffin (1880) / Levi Coffin -- The underground railroad (1872) / William Still -- The life of Josiah Henson (1849) / Josiah Henson --
  • V. Incidents in the life of a slave girl -- Historical background -- About Harriet Jacobs -- Historical explorations : Nat Turner's rebellion -- The confessions of Nat Turner (1831) / Thomas R. Gray -- Two articles from North Carolina : Reporting on Nat Turner / Raleigh Register, Sept. 1, 1831 -- Reporting on Nat Turner / North Carolina Star, Sept. 1, 1831 -- "Nat Turner's insurrection / Thomas Wentworth Higginson, The Atlantic (1861) -- Historical explorations : The Fugitive Slave Law (1850) -- The Fugitive Salve Act, September 18, 1850 -- From Ralph Waldo Emerson's speech on the Fugitive Slave Law (1851) -- From Frederick Douglass's speech on the Fugitive Slave Law (1852) -- Historical explorations : Nineteenth-Century views of slavery -- An appeal to the Christian women of the South (1836) / Angela Emily Grimké -- An appeal in favor of that class of Americans called Africans (1836) / Lydia Maria Child -- "Slavery a positive good" (1837) / John C. Calhoun --
  • VI. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) -- Historical background -- About Mark Twain -- Historical explorations : abolition -- "To the public" (1831) / William Lloyd Garrison -- "An address to the slaves of the United States" (1843) / Henry Highland Garnet -- Historical explorations : slavery and Christianity -- "A Southern Christian view of slavery" / James Henley Thornwell -- "Exposition of the views of the Baptists relative to the coloured [sic] population of the United States" / Richard Furman.
Call Number
Sc E 19-334
ISBN
  • 9781610696470
  • 1610696476
  • 9781610696487 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2014025757
OCLC
874098689
Title
American slavery : a historical exploration of literature / Robert Felgar [compiler].
Publisher
Santa Barbara, California : Greenwood, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2015]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Historical explorations of literature
Historical explorations of literature.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Note
AUTH: JACKSON STATE. TEXTBOOK--INTRO. UNDERGRAD. EXAMINES SLAVERY THROUGH 19TH CENT. AMERERICAN LIT
Chronological Term
1800-1899
Added Author
Felgar, Robert, 1944- compiler.
Research Call Number
Sc E 19-334
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