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African American Poetry (1750-1900)


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Description: Nearly 3,000 poems written by African-American poets in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

African-American Poetry, 1760-1900 is an invaluable resource, not only for literary scholars, but for researchers in black studies, linguistics, women's studies, the black literary heritage and comparative studies.

The collection offers unique insights into the creative mind and reflects the conditions of early America and the role of black Americans during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The poetry explores a multitude of topics, including abolition, children, civil rights, dreams, education, fugitive slave law, Indian raids, liberty, political issues, prejudice and slavery.

The poets are among those included in the William French et al. bibliography, Afro-American Poetry and Drama, 1760-1975, from such widely known figures as Phillis Wheatley and Paul Laurence Dunbar to those who only gained recognition many years after their deaths. (Source: vendor website.)

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Access:  UNC-CH campus. Students, faculty, and staff or AHEC users affiliated with UNC-CH with an AHEC Digital Library account may access from off-campus. NC residents holding a borrower's card may access from off-campus by visiting NCLive directly and should contact the Davis Library Circulation Department for the NCLive password.  (instructions)
Medium:  web
Coverage:  1760-1900
Language:  English