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Chapter 13 - African American Print Culture

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 June 2022

By
Derrick R. Spires
Edited by
Justine S. Murison
Justine S. Murison
Affiliation:
University of Illinois
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This essay offers an overview of major themes, texts, and critical approaches to early African American print culture. It traces movements in early nineteenth-century African American print culture from the founding of Freedom’s Journal and publication of David Walker’s Appeal through the proliferation of pseudonymous writing in Frederick Douglass’s Paper and the work of the colored conventions movement. In addition, this essay examines the ethics animating the field itself with special attention to new digital humanities projects.

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African American literatureprint cultureAmerican literaturearchivesdigital humanities
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American Literature in Transition, 1820–1860 , pp. 211 - 234
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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