Pioneers of the Black Atlantic: Five Slave Narratives, 1772-1815

by Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Book Overview

In the eighteenth century, a small group of black men met the challenge of the Enlightenment by mastering the arts and sciences and writing themselves into history. The battle lines were clear--literacy stood as the ultimate measure of humanity to the white arbiters of Western culture. If blacks could succeed in this sphere, they would prove that African and European humanity were inseparable. Without a literary record, blacks seemed predestined for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1887178988
• ISBN13: 9781887178983
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: Civitas Book Publisher
• Length: 656 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 8.7"