Upstaging Uncle Tom's cabin: African American representations of slavery before and after the Civil War

This dissertation is a social and cultural history about the ways that African Americans contributed to national debates about race, slavery, and emancipation by constructing and performing their own representations of slavery for the public. Scholars often portray these larger debates as a contest...

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Main Author: Cooper, Heather Lee
Other Authors: Schwalm, Leslie A. (Leslie Ann), 1956-
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: University of Iowa 2017
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Online Access:https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/5444
https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6924&context=etd