Bound to respect : antebellum narratives of black imprisonment, servitude, and bondage, 1816-1861 / Keith Michael Green.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Green, Keith Michael, 1976- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--19th century--History and criticism.

American literature.

Slavery in literature.

American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (228 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa, Alabama : The University Alabama Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Winner of the Elizabeth Agee Prize in American Literature In Bound to Respect: Antebellum Narratives of Black Imprisonment, Servitude, and Bondage, 1816-1861, Keith Michael Green examines key texts that illuminate forms of black bondage and captivity that existed within and alongside slavery. In doing so, he restores to antebellum African American autobiographical writing the fascinating heterogeneity lost if the historical experiences of African Americans are attributed to slavery alone. The book's title is taken from the assertion by US Supreme Court chief justice Roger B. Taney in his 1857

Contents:

I. Bound in slavery

II. Bound in freedom.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8173-8887-7

OCLC:

916450703