Impossible witnesses

By Dwight A. McBride

Subjects: American literature, african american authors, history and criticism, Movimentos ideológicos, Slaves' writings, American, Biography, Intellectual life, African americans, biography, African Americans, African americans in literature, Antislavery movements, united states, African Americans in literature, Literatura norte-americana, Abolicionismo, African American authors, Slavery in literature, Escravidão, Autobiography, History and criticism, American prose literature, Slaves, united states, Antislavery movements, Slaves, History, American prose literature, history and criticism, Slaves' writings, history and criticism

Description: Black literary production during the 19th century was dominated by the issues of slavery, racial subjugation, abolitionist politics and liberation. This book examines how those authors bore witness to the experiences they described.