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Claiming Exodus : a cultural history of Afro-Atlantic identity, 1774-1903 / Rhondda Robinson Thomas.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thomas, Rhondda Robinson.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- Exodus, The, in literature.
- African Americans in literature.
- African Americans--Race identity.
- African Americans.
- Bible--In literature.
- Bible.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (212 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, c2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- How African writers reconstructed the biblical narrative to form a new identity
- Contents:
- Exodus and the politics of liberty in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world, 1760-1800
- Exodus as the blueprint for building free black communities in America and abroad, 1800-1840
- Afro-Atlantic exodus: integration vs. emigration in the era of manifest destiny, 1840-1861
- Exodus, The civil war, and reconstruction: from Egypt to the border of Canaan, an American journey, 1861-1877
- African Americans in the nadir: American Egypt, American Canaan, 1877-1900
- Afterword: The first Joshua generation-stranded on the border of Canaan, 1895-1903.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9781602585331
- 1602585334
- 9781283976329
- 1283976323
- OCLC:
- 826855640
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