Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-360) and index.
Contents
Background to an African American literature, 1680-1760. -- The age of revolution, 1760-1800. -- Literary identity in the new nation, 1800-1816. -- The era of colonization, 1816-1828. -- The Liberator and the shaping of African American tradition, 1829-1832. -- Literary expression in the age of abolitionism, 1833-1849. -- African American voices in the American crisis, 1850-1861. -- The war for emancipation and beyond.