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mods: Fire on the water sailors, slaves, and insurrection in early American literature, 1789-1886 Sailors, slaves, and insurrection in early American literature, 1789-1886 Warren, Lenora creator author. text bibliography Criticism, interpretation, etc. pau 2019 2019 monographic eng print 169 pages ; 25 cm. "Lenora Warren tells a new story about the troubled history of abolition and slave violence by examining representations of shipboard mutiny and insurrection in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Anglo-American and American literature. Fire on the Water centers on five black sailors, whose experiences of slavery and insurrection either inspired or found resonance within fiction: Olaudah Equiano, Denmark Vesey, Joseph Cinque, Madison Washington, and Washington Goode. These stories of sailors, both real and fictional, reveal how the history of mutiny and insurrection is both shaped by, and resistant to, the prevailing abolitionist rhetoric surrounding the efficacy of armed rebellion as a response to slavery. Pairing well-known texts with lesser-known figures (Billy Budd and Washington Goode) and well-known figures with lesser-known texts (Denmark Vesey and the work of John Howison), this book reveals the richness of literary engagement with the politics of slave violence"-- Introduction -- 1. Witness to the Atrocities: Olaudah Equiano, Thomas Clarkson, and the Abolition of the Slave Trade -- 2. Denmark Vesey, John Howison, and Revolutionary Possibility -- 3. Joseph Cinque, The Amistad Mutiny and Revolutionary Whitewashing -- 4. The Black and White Sailor: Melville's Billy Budd, Sailor and the Case of Washington Goode -- Coda. Lenora Warren. Includes bibliographical references and index. American literature 19th century History and criticism Slavery in literature Slave insurrections in literature Antislavery movements in literature Abolitionists in literature English literature 18th century History and criticism LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General SOCIAL SCI…