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02411aam a2200409 a 4500 001 BEC545C26A8A11E689525693DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160825010506 008 110909s2011 ncu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2011036508 020 $a 0786466898 (softcover : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780786466894 (softcover : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)733232502 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d YDX $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d BWX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a E185.18 .H37 2011 082 00 $a 323.1196/073 $2 23 100 1 $a Harrell, Willie J., $c Jr. 245 10 $a Origins of the African American jeremiad : $b the rhetorical strategies of social protest and activism, 1760-1861 / $c Willie J. Harrell, Jr. 260 $a Jefferson, N.C. : $b McFarland, $c c2011. 300 $a vii, 231 p. ; $c 23 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction : mapping the African American jeremiad -- The great tradition of black protest : characteristics of the African American jeremiad -- Early development -- The African American jeremiad, the Constitution and Declaration of Independence -- Black nationalism in the early republic -- Black women Jeremiahs -- The age of abolitionism -- The transatlantic African American jeremiad -- The black Canadian jeremiad -- Conclusion : the great tradition of black protest continues. 520 $a "In the moralistic texts of jeremiadic discourse, authors lament the condition of society, utilizing prophecy as a means of predicting its demise. This study delves beneath the socio-religious and cultural exterior of the American jeremiadic tradition to unveil the complexities of African American jeremiadic rhetoric in antebellum America"--Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a African Americans $x History $y To 1863. 650 0 $a African American messianism $x History. 650 0 $a Jeremiads $z United States $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a African Americans $x Race identity. 650 0 $a American prose literature $x History and criticism. $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Slaves' writings, American $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Civil religion $z United States $x History. 651 00 $a United States $x History. $x History. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20200806022813.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=BEC545C26A8A11E689525693DAD10320 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search