A literate south : reading before emancipation / Beth Barton Schweiger.

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A pervasive assumption about the culture of the southern United States is that it is firmly rooted in an oral tradition, not a written one. Schweiger complicates our understanding of literacy and reading in the American South before emancipation by shedding light on literature's importance in helpin...

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Main Author: Schweiger, Beth Barton (Author)
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Literacy > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Books and reading > Southern States > History > 19th century.
White people > Books and reading > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Enslaved persons > Books and reading > Southern States > History > 19th century.
African Americans > Books and reading > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Writing > Southern States > History > 19th century.
African Americans > Books and reading.
Books and reading.
Literacy.
Writing.
Southern States.
1800-1899
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xxiii, 258 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
Format: Book

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