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Liberation historiography [electronic resource] : African American writers and the challenge of history, 1794-1861 / John Ernest.

By: Ernest, John.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2004Description: xiv, 426 p.Subject(s): African Americans -- History -- To 1863 -- Historiography | African American historians -- History -- 18th century | African American historians -- History -- 19th century | Historiography -- United States -- History -- 18th century | Historiography -- United States -- History -- 19th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 973/.0496073 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
The theater of history -- Scattered lives, scattered documents : writing liberation history -- Multiple lives and lost narratives : (auto)biography as history -- The assembly of history : orations and conventions -- Our warfare lies in the field of thought : the African American -- Press and the work of history -- Epilogue : William Wells Brown and the performance of history.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [389]-412) and index.

The theater of history -- Scattered lives, scattered documents : writing liberation history -- Multiple lives and lost narratives : (auto)biography as history -- The assembly of history : orations and conventions -- Our warfare lies in the field of thought : the African American -- Press and the work of history -- Epilogue : William Wells Brown and the performance of history.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.