Barbaric culture and Black critique : Black antislavery writers, religion, and the slaveholding Atlantic /

"In an interdisciplinary approach to black antislavery literatures at the dawn of the nineteenth century, Stefan Wheelock shows how the political character of freedom and a religious sensibility allowed Black antislavery writers to countermand ideologies of white supremacy while fostering a sen...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Wheelock, Stefan M., 1971- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2016.
Subjects:	English literature > 18th century > History and criticism. Slavery in literature. Slavery > Religious aspects. Slavery > Political aspects. Slaves' writings, English > History and criticism. Cugoano, Ottobah. Equiano, Olaudah, > 1745-1797. American literature > 19th century > History and criticism. American literature > African American authors > History and criticism. Walker, David, > 1785-1830. Stewart, Maria W., > 1803-1879. American literature. American literature > African American authors. English literature. Slaves' writings, English. 1700-1899 Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Introduction
Ottobah Cugoano, liberty, and modern Atlantic barbarism
Interesting narratives, civility, and the problem of freedom
David Walker, false grammars, and American racial inheritance
Maria Stewart and the paradoxes of early national virtue
Conclusion.