Author: William John GraysonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Poems on Slavery
Author: Henry Wadsworth LongfellowPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
I Lay My Stitches Down
Author: Cynthia GradyPublisher: Eerdmans Young Readers
ISBN: 1467432954
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
This rich and intricate collection of poems chronicles the various experiences of American slaves. Drawn together through imagery drawn from quilting and fiber arts, each poem is spoken from a different perspective: a house slave, a mother losing her daughter to the auction block, a blacksmith, a slave fleeing on the Underground Railroad. This moving and eloquent set of poems, brought to life by vivid and colorful artwork from Michele Wood, offers a timeless witness to the hardship endured by America's slaves. Each poem is supplemented by a historical note.
The Island of Cuba
Author: Richard Robert MaddenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cuba
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Amazing Grace
Author: James G. BaskerPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300091729
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 779
Book Description
"This volume is the first anthology of poetic writings on slavery from America, Britain, and around the Atlantic during the Enlightenment - the crucial period that saw the height of the slave trade but also the origins of the anti-slavery movement. Bringing together more than four hundred poems and excerpts from longer works that were written by more than two hundred and fifty poets, both famous and unknown, the book charts the emergence of slavery as part of the collective consciousness of the English-speaking world. The book includes: poems by forty women, ranging from abolitionists Hannah More and Mary Robinson to Frances Seymour, the Countess of Herford; works by more than twenty African or African American poets, including familiar names (Phillis Wheatley), intriguing figures (Afro-Dutch Latin scholar Johannes Capitein), and newly rediscovered black poets (an anonymous veteran of the Revolutionary War); and poetry by such canonical writers as Dryden, Defoe, Pope, Johnson, Blake, Boswell, Burns, Wordsworth, and Coleridge." "The poems speak of the themes of slavery: capture, torture, endurance, rebellion, thwarted romances, and spiritual longing. They also raise intriguing questions about the contradications between cultural attitudes and public policy of the time. Writers such as these, suggests editor James Basker, were not complicit in the imperial project or indifferent about slavery but actually laid the groundwork for the political changes that would follow."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Poems by a Slave
Author: George Moses HortonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781789874778
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This is a volume of poems written by an African American who was born into slavery on William Horton's plantation in Northampton County, North Carolina.
The Poet Slave of Cuba
Author: Margarita EnglePublisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
ISBN: 1466889632
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
A lyrical biography of a Cuban slave who escaped to become a celebrated poet. Born into the household of a wealthy slave owner in Cuba in 1797, Juan Francisco Manzano spent his early years by the side of a woman who made him call her Mama, even though he had a mama of his own. Denied an education, young Juan still showed an exceptional talent for poetry. His verses reflect the beauty of his world, but they also expose its hideous cruelty. Powerful, haunting poems and breathtaking illustrations create a portrait of a life in which even the pain of slavery could not extinguish the capacity for hope. The Poet Slave of Cuba is the winner of the 2008 Pura Belpre Medal for Narrative and a 2007 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year. Latino Interest.
The Poems of Phillis Wheatley
Author: Phillis WheatleyPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486115291
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
At the age of 19, Phillis Wheatley was the first black American poet to publish a book. Her elegies and odes offer fascinating glimpses of the beginnings of African-American literary traditions. Includes a selection from the Common Core State Standards Initiative.
Poems by a Slave
Author: Horton George MosescaPublisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN: 9780526553778
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
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