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Title:

Slavery in the founding era : literary contexts / compiled and edited by James G. Basker, Susan F. Saidenberg, Nicole A. Seary.

Publisher:

Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History,

Copyright Date:

2005

Description:

viii, 56 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Subject:

American poetry--Revolutionary period, 1775-1783.
American poetry--1783-1850.
Slavery--Poetry.
American poetry.
American poetry--Revolutionary period (United States)
Slavery.
1775 - 1850
Poetry.

Other Authors:

Basker, James G.
Saidenberg, Susan F.
Seary, Nicole A.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 56).

Contents:

Introduction / James G. Basker -- Acknowledgments -- A chronology of major events in the history of slavery -- I. Black voices at the time of the American Revolution. "On being brought from Africa to America" (1773), "To his Excellency General Washington" (1775) / Phillis Wheatley (c. 1753-1784) ; From "The battle of Lexington" (1775) / Lemuel Haynes (1753-1833) ; "An address to Miss Phillis Wheatl[e]y, Ethiopian poetess ..." (1778), from "A dialogue; entitled, The kind master and dutiful servant" (1782) / Jupiter Hammon (1711-c. 1800) ; Suggested questions -- II. The founding generation and the ideal of freedom for all. From The prospect of peace (1778), from Book VIII of The Columbiad (1779-1807) / Joel Barlow (1754-1812) ; "The African chief" (1792), from Book I of Beacon Hill, a local poem, historic and descriptive (1797) / Sarah Wentworth Apthorp Morton (1759-1846) ; From "The flourishing village," part II of Greenfield Hill (1794), from "Triumph of democracy" (January 1, 1801) / Timothy Dwight (1752-1817) ; From "A poem on the death of General Washington" (1800), from "A poem on the industry of the United States of America" (c. 1802) / David Humphreys (1752-1818) ; Suggested questions -- III. The unrealized promise of freedom: slavery and the ongoing abolitionist struggle. From "Reflections on the slavery of the Negroes, addressed to the conscience of every American citizen" (1796) / Anonymous ("L.B.C." of Arlington, Bennington County, VT. ; From Canto II of The American in Algiers, or the patriot of seventy-six in captivity (1797) / Anonymous (fl. 1775-1796) ; "The African slave" (1802) / Anonymous ("A person confined in the state-prison") ; From "Epistle VI. To Lord Viscount Forbes. From Washington" (1806), from "Epistle VII. To Thomas Hume, Esq. M.D. From the City of Washington" (1806) / Thomas Moore (1779-1852) ; Suggested questions -- IV. The abolition of the transatlantic slave trade, 1807-1808: new dawn or false hope? "Hymn I ['To the eternal Lord']" (1809), "Hymn II ['The sov'reign ruler of the skies']" (1809) / Peter Williams, Jr. (c. 1780-1840) ; "A New Year's anthem" from A Thanksgiving sermon (1808) / Michael Fortune (fl. 1808) ; "Hymns sung on the second anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade" (1810) / William Hamilton (fl. 1808-1815) ; Untitled ["How wond'rous are thy ways, almighty God!"] (1810) / George White (1764-1836) ; Suggested questions -- Selected bibliography.

ISBN:

9781932821277
1932821279

OCLC:

(OCoLC)66390150

LCCN:

2006279467

Locations:

BNPD611 -- Winterset Public Library (Winterset)