Nine black women : an anthology of nineteenth-century writers from the United States, Canada, Bermuda, and the Caribbean /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	New York : Routledge, 1998.
Description:	xvi, 278 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	American literature -- African American authors. Caribbean literature (English) -- Women authors. African American women -- Literary collections. Bermudian literature -- Women authors. American literature -- Women authors. Women, Black -- Literary collections. Canadian literature -- Women authors. American literature -- 19th century. Autobiographies -- Women authors. Autobiographies -- Black authors. African American women. American literature. American literature -- African American authors. American literature -- Women authors. Autobiographies -- Women authors. Canadian literature -- Women authors. Caribbean literature (English) -- Women authors. Women, Black. Literary collections. Literature.
Format:	E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2909203

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title:	9 black women
Other authors / contributors:	Ferguson, Moira.
ISBN:	0415919045 (cloth) 0415919033 (paper) 0415919053 (paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-263) and index.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part 1. History and Biography
Section 1. East and West Caribbean, Bermuda
The Hart Sisters: Background and Historical Context, Elizabeth Hart Thwaites (1771-1833)
Mary Prince (1788?-after 1833): Background and Historical Context
Mary Jane Grant Seacole (1805-1881): Background and Historical Context
Section 2. U.S. Writers
Harriet Ann Jacobs (1813-1897): Background and Historical Context
Jarena Lee (1783-after 1849): Background and Historical Context
Harriet E. Adams Wilson (1827?-1870?): Background and Historical Context
Nancy Gardner Prince (1799-?): Background and Historical Context
Section 3. Canada. Mary Ann Shadd Cary (1823-1893): Background and Historical Context
Conclusion
Notes
Part 2. Excerpts
Section 1. East and West Caribbean, Bermuda
'History of Methodism', Hymns and Verse, Letters, Extracts from correspondence
'History of Methodism', 'Memoirs of John Gilbert'
'The History of Mary Prince: Related by Herself'
'Wonderful Adventures'
Section 2. U.S. Writers
'Religious Experience and Journal'
'Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl'
'The Life and Times of Mrs Nancy Prince'
'Our Nig'
Section 3. Canada
Editorials from the 'Provincial Freeman', Sermon, Open Letter, Notes
Part 3. Bibliography
Index

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