Titel:	Black writers of the founding era, 1760-1800
Mitwirkende:	Basker, James G. [HerausgeberIn]
	Seary, Nicole A. [HerausgeberIn]
	Gordon-Reed, Annette [VerfasserIn eines Geleitwortes]
Verf.angabe:	James G. Basker, editor with Nicole Seary ; foreword by Annette Gordon-Reed
Verlagsort:	New York, N.Y
Verlag:	The Library of America
E-Jahr:	2023
Jahr:	[2023]
Umfang:	lxi, 706 Seiten, 16 ungezählte Seiten Bildtafeln
Illustrationen:	Illustrationen, Porträts
Format:	21 cm
Gesamttitel/Reihe:	The Library of America ; 366
Fussnoten:	Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:	978-1-59853-734-5
	978-1-59853-789-5
Abstract:	"For too long, African Americans have been left out of the story of the nation's founding, their voices absent from the memory and celebration of the creation of the American republic. Black Writers of the Founding Era--by far the richest and most expansive anthology of its kind ever assembled--restores these voices. The writings gathered here reveal the complexity and dynamism of African American life and culture in the period and show how the principles of the American Revolution were seized upon and enlarged by Black Americans from the very beginning. Here are writers both enslaved and free, loyalist and patriot, women and men, Northern and Southern: soldiers, seamen, and veterans; painters, poets, and preachers; cooks, hairdressers, farmers, and many more. Alongside such better known works as Phillis Wheatley's poems and Benjamin Banneker's mathematical and scientific puzzles are dozens of first-person narratives offering a variety of Black perspectives on the political events of the times. These bold and eloquent contributions to public debate about the meanings of the Revolution and the republican values that gave rise to it dramatize the many ways in which protest and activism have always been integral for Black Americans. Intimate diaries and letters, many never before published, tell more private stories, indelibly altering our understanding of the lived experience of this crucial time in our history. A foreword by Annette Gordon-Reed and an introduction by James G. Basker, along with introductory headnotes and explanatory notes drawing on recent scholarship, illuminate these indispensable works. A 16-page color photo insert presents portraits of some of the writers and images of the original manuscripts, broadsides, and books in which their words are preserved." --
Schlagwörter:	(g)USA    / (s)Literatur    / (s)Schwarze    / (z)Geschichte 1760-1800
Sprache:	eng
Sach-SW:	Écrivains noirs - États-Unis
	Écrivains noirs américains - États-Unis
	Écrivains noirs - États-Unis - 18e siècle
	Écrivains noirs américains - 18e siècle
	Écrivaines noires américaines - 18e siècle
	LITERARY COLLECTIONS / American / African American & Black
Geograph. SW:	États-Unis - Histoire - 18e siècle
	États-Unis - Civilisation - Influence noire américaine
	États-Unis - Histoire - 18e siècle - Influence africaine
K10plus-PPN:	1878702602
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