We wear the mask : African Americans write American literature, 1760-1870 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Zafar, Rafia
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Columbia University Press, [1997]
Subjects:	American literature > African American authors > History and criticism. American literature > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 > History and criticism. American literature > Revolutionary period, 1775-1783 > History and criticism. American literature > 19th century > History and criticism. American literature > 1783-1850 > History and criticism. African Americans in literature.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: of masks, mimicry, and invisibility - Sable patriots and modern Egyptians: Phillis Wheatley, Joel Barlow, and Ann Eliza Bleecker
Capturing the captivity: African Americans among the Puritans
Enslaving the saved: the narratives of Henry Bibb and William Wells Brown
"It is natural to believe in great men."
The blackwoman in the attic
Dressing up and dressing down: Elizabeth Keckley's Behind the scenes at the White House and Eliza Potter's A hairdresser's experience in high life
Conclusion: the beginning of African American literature.