African American Literature Series | Part One

• published: 30 Dec 2014
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This is part one of my African American Literature Series. I'll be discussing everything from 1700-1865. I'm going to try to upload one part every week. BOOKS/WRITERS MENTIONED: "Bars Fight" by Lucy Terry Prince http://www.memorialhall.mass.edu/classroom/curriculum_6th/lesson5/resources/barsfight.html An Evening Thought: Salvation by Christ with Penitential Cries by Jupiter Hammon (I misspoke, this is a poem not a collection) http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/evening-thought-salvation-christ-penitential-cries Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral by Phillis Wheatley https://wordery.com/poems-on-various-subjects-religious-and-moral-phillis-wheatley-9781499220728#oid=1161_1 The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano https://wordery.com/the-interesting-narrative-of-the-life-of-olaudah-equiano-or-gustavus-vassa-the-african-olaudah-equiano-9780375761157#oid=1161_1 David Walker's Appeal http://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/walker/walker.html Jarena Lee https://archive.org/details/religiousexperi00leegoog William Wells Brown http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/brown47/menu.html Clotel or The President's Daughter https://wordery.com/clotel-or-the-presidents-daughter-wells-william-brown-9780142437728#oid=1161_1 Josephine Brown (William W. Brown's daughter), Biography of an American Bondman, by His Daughter (FORGOT TO MENTION HER) http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/brownj/menu.html Nancy Prince https://archive.org/details/narrativeoflifet1853prin Frederick Douglass https://wordery.com/narrative-of-the-life-of-frederick-douglass-an-american-slave-frederick-douglass-9780199539079#oid=1161_1 https://wordery.com/autobiographies-frederick-douglass-9780940450790#oid=1161_1 Zilpha Elaw https://archive.org/details/MinisterialTravelsAndLaboursOfMrs.ZilphaElaw Isaac Jefferson's Memoir https://archive.org/details/memoirsofamontic031158mbp Josiah Henson https://archive.org/details/lifeofjosiahhens00hens Sojourner Truth, Narrative of Sojourner Truth https://wordery.com/the-narrative-of-sojourner-truth-sojourner-truth-9780486298993#oid=1161_1 Martin Delany, Blake or The Huts of America https://wordery.com/blake-or-the-huts-of-america-martin-r-delany-9780807064191#oid=1161_1 https://wordery.com/the-condition-elevation-emigration-and-destiny-of-the-colored-people-of-the-united-states-martin-r-delany-9781631821820#oid=1161_1 Solomon Northup, Twelve Years A Slave https://wordery.com/twelve-years-a-slave-solomon-northup-9781631680021#oid=1161_1 Hannah Crafts/Bond, The Bondwoman's Narrative https://wordery.com/the-bondwomans-narrative-hannah-crafts-9780446690294#oid=1161_1 Harriet Wilson, Our Nig https://wordery.com/our-nig-harriet-e-wilson-9780143105763#oid=1161_1 Harriet Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl https://wordery.com/incidents-in-the-life-of-a-slave-girl-harriet-jacobs-9780486419312#oid=1161_1 I am a Wordery Affiliate! If you purchase books using this link, I will receive a small percentage. Affiliate Link: http://www.wordery.com/#oid=1161_1 LET'S HANG OUT: goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/OneSmallPaw twitter: https://twitter.com/onesmallpaw instagram: http://instagram.com/onesmallpaw my james baldwin series: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLChLGDpHSoih2c9NVh96z8zyvt_OPkG_i my 2015 genre exploration challenge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Jq5c0yk6qk