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Digital Schomburg African American Women Writers of the 19th Century


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Description: Digital Schomburg African American Women Writers of the 19th Century African American Women Writers of the 19th Century is a digital collection of some 42 published works by 19th-century black women writers. A part of the Digital Schomburg, this collection provides access to the thought, perspectives and creative abilities of black women as captured in books and pamphlets published prior to 1920. A full text database of these 19th and early 20th- century titles, this digital library is key-word-searchable. Each individual title as well as the entire database can be searched to determine what these women had to say about "family", "religion", "slavery" or any other subject of interest to the researcher or casual reader. Documents are browsable by title, author, or genre (fiction, poetry, biography, or essays); browse lists can be further searched by keywords.

Full text: yes
Access:  No restrictions.
Medium:  web
Coverage:  circa 1800-1920
Language:  English