Unchained voices : an anthology of Black authors in the English-speaking world of the eighteenth century / Vincent Carretta, editor.

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Vincent Carretta has assembled the most comprehensive anthology ever published of writings by eighteenth-century people of African descent, capturing the diverse experiences of blacks on both sides of the Atlantic--America, Britain, the West Indies, and Africa--between 1760 and 1798. --from publishe...

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Other Authors: Carretta, Vincent
Language:English
Published: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [2004], ©2004.
Edition:Expanded edition.
Subjects:
English literature > Black authors.
Black people > English-speaking countries > History > 18th century > Sources.
Black people > Great Britain > History > Sources.
African Americans > History > To 1863 > Sources.
American literature > African American authors.
African Americans > Literary collections.
English literature > 18th century.
Black people > Literary collections.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > African American.
African Americans.
Black people.
English literature.
English-speaking countries.
Great Britain.
Literatur.
Großbritannien.
Littérature anglaise > Auteurs noirs > 18e siècle.
Anthologie.
Englisch.
Schwarze.
USA.
To 1863
Electronic books.
History.
Literary collections.
Sources.
Genre:
Sources.
Literary collections.
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:
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Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 400 pages) : illustrations
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Narrative of the uncommon sufferings, and suprizing deliverance of Briton Hammon, a Negro man / Briton Hammon
  • Poems: An evening thought ; An address to Miss Phillis Wheatly, Ethiopian poetess / Jupiter Hammon
  • A narrative of the most remarkable particulars in the life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, an African prince, as related by himself / James Albert ukawsaw Gronniosaw
  • Poems: An elegiac poem, on the death of--George Whitefield ; Poems on various subjects, religious and moral ; "To his excellency General Washington" / Phillis Wheatley
  • "An ode" / Francis Williams
  • Letters of the late Ignatius Sancho, an African. In two volumes. To which are prefixed, memoirs of his life / Ignatius Sancho
  • A narrative of the Lord's wonderful dealings with John Marrant, a Black / John Marrant
  • The life and confession of Johnson Green, who is to be executed this day, August 17th, 1786, for the atrocious crime of burglary; together with his last and dying words / Johnson Green
  • "Petition of an African slave, to the Legislature of Massachusetts" / Belinda
  • Thoughts and sentiments on the evil and wicked traffic of the slavery ad commerce of the human species, humbly submitted to the inhabitants of Great Britain, by Ottobah Cugoano, a native of Africa / Quobna Ottobah Cugoano
  • The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, written by himself / Olaudah Equiano
  • Copy of a letter from Benjamin Banneker to the Secretary of State, with his answer / Benjamin Banneker
  • "An account of several Baptist churches, consisting chiefly of Negro slaves: particularly of one at Kingston, in Jamaica; and another at Savannah in Georgia" / Geroge Liele
  • "An account of the life of Mr. David George, from Sierra Leone in Africa; given by himself in a conversation with Brother Rippon of London, and Brother Pearce of Birmingham" / David George
  • "Memoirs of the life of Boston King, a Black preacher. Written by himself, during his residence at Kingswood-School" / Boston King
  • A narrative of the life and adventures of Venture, a native of Africa: but resident above sixty years in the United States of America, related by himself / Venture Smith.