Book contents
- African American Literature in Transition, 1830–1850
- African American Literature in Transition
- African American Literature in Transition, 1830–1850
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chronology, 1830–1850
- Introduction
- Part I Local Transitions
- Chapter 1 Antebellum Literary Societies, Polite Learning, and Traditions of Modernity
- Chapter 2 “By a Young Lady of Color”
- Chapter 3 The Poetics of Education in Antebellum New Orleans
- Chapter 4 Gentility, Resistance, and Nat Turner’s Rebellion in Early African American Poetry
- Part II National Transitions
- Part III Transnational Transitions
- Index
Chapter 4 - Gentility, Resistance, and Nat Turner’s Rebellion in Early African American Poetry
from Part I - Local Transitions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 May 2021
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Book contents
- African American Literature in Transition, 1830–1850
- African American Literature in Transition
- African American Literature in Transition, 1830–1850
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chronology, 1830–1850
- Introduction
- Part I Local Transitions
- Chapter 1 Antebellum Literary Societies, Polite Learning, and Traditions of Modernity
- Chapter 2 “By a Young Lady of Color”
- Chapter 3 The Poetics of Education in Antebellum New Orleans
- Chapter 4 Gentility, Resistance, and Nat Turner’s Rebellion in Early African American Poetry
- Part II National Transitions
- Part III Transnational Transitions
- Index
Summary
In this chapter on the poetry of George Moses Horton, the local expands to encompass not only the city of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, but also the states of North Carolina and Virginia. This chapter shows how the 1831 Nat Turner insurrection and its aftermath profoundly shaped the enslaved Horton’s later poetry.
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- African American Literature in Transition, 1830–1850 , pp. 91 - 112Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021