Liberation historiography : African American writers and the challenge of history, 1794-1861 / John Ernest.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ernest, John
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2004], ©2004.
Subjects:
African Americans > History > To 1863 > Historiography.
African American historians > History > 18th century.
African American historians > History > 19th century.
Historiography > United States > History > 18th century.
Historiography > United States > History > 19th century.
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Physical Description:xiv, 426 pages ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The theater of history
  • Scattered lives, scattered documents : writing liberation history
  • Multiple lives and lost narratives : (auto)biography as history
  • The assembly of history : orations and conventions
  • Our warfare lies in the field of thought : the African American
  • Press and the work of history
  • Epilogue : William Wells Brown and the performance of history.