Nine Black women : an anthology of nineteenth-century writers from the United States, Canada, Bermuda, and the Caribbean /
9 black women
edited and introduced by Moira Ferguson.
- Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, (c)2015.
- 1 online resource
First published 1999 by Routledge.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Hart Sisters; Introduction; 1 Elizabeth Hart Thwaites (1771-1833); Biographical Narrative; Chronology; From History of Methodism; Hymns; Weary world, when will it end; O Thou whose ear attends the softest prayer!; Poem; On the Death of the Rev. Mr. Cook; Letter to a Friend; Excerpts from Correspondence with a Cousin, Miss Lynch; 2 Anne Hart Gilbert (1768-1834); Biographical Narrative; Chronology; From History of Methodism; From Memoir of John Gilbert; 3 Mary Prince (circa 1788-after 1833); Introduction Biographical NarrativeChronology; From The History of Mary Prince; 4 Mary Jane Grant Seacole (1805-1881); Introduction; Biographical Narrative; Chronology; From Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands; 5 Harriet Ann Jacobs (1813-1897); Introduction; Biographical Narrative; Chronology; From Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl; 6 Harriet E. Adams Wilson (1824 or 1828-1868/1870?); Introduction; Biographical Narrative; Chronology; From Our Nig; or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black, in a Two-Story White House; 7 Jarena Lee (1783-after 1849); Introduction; Biographical Narrative ChronologyFrom Religious Experience and Journal of Mrs. Jarena Lee; 8 Nancy Gardner Prince (1799-?); Introduction; Biographical Narrative; Chronology; From A Narrative of the Life and Travels of Mrs. Nancy Prince; 9 Mary Ann Shadd Cary (1823-1893); Introduction; Biographical Narrative; Chronology; Personal Letter; To Professor G. Whipple; Editorials from the Provincial Freeman; Anti-Slavery Relations; The Humbug of Reform; A Bazaar in Toronto for Frederick Douglass's Paper, andc.; The Emigration Convention; Intemperance; The Presidential Election in the United States A Good Boarding House Greatly Needed by the Colored CitizensObstacles to the Progress of Colored Canadians; Sermon; Open Letter or Circular from the Vigilance Committee; Open Letter to the Anglo-African; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Primary Sources; Secondary Sources; Index
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American literature--African American authors. Caribbean literature (English)--Women authors. African American women--Literary collections. Bermudian literature--Women authors. American literature--Women authors. Women, Black--Literary collections. Canadian literature--Women authors. American literature--19th century. Autobiographies--Women authors. Autobiographies--Black authors. Foreign economic relations.