Cross-Racial Class Protest in Antebellum American Literature

by Timothy Helwig

Book Overview

Historians have long claimed that the antebellum white working class viewed blacks, both free and enslaved, not as allies but enemies. While it is true that racial and ethnic strife among northern workers prevented an effective labor movement from materializing in America prior to the Civil War, Cross-Racial Class Protest in Antebellum American Literature demonstrates that a considerable subset of white and black writers were able to imagine cross-racial...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 162534497X
• ISBN13: 9781625344977
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher