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100 1 $aLockard, Joe,$d1953-
245 10 $aWatching slavery :$bwitness texts and travel reports /$cJoe Lockard.
260 $aNew York :$bPeter Lang,$c2008.
300 $axxxiii, 213 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
490 0 $aPeter Lang primers
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [183]-201) and index.
505 0 $aSouthland dispassions of Thackeray and Dickens -- Reform travel : passions of Harriet Martineau -- Whittier's armchair travel and southern apocalypse -- Judicial witness : Justice Story and the Prigg decision -- William Still and the fugitive encyclopedia.
520 $a"How did witnesses of slavery relate their experiences and what effect did their reports have? This book examines travel accounts, fictions, poetry, and legal texts to analyze direct and indirect encounters with slavery in the antebellum United States. It discusses the rhetorical politics of British and American, and black and white, observations of slavery. The discussion raises critical questions about the role of witness and its link with political action, both in antebellum and contemporary America."--Jacket.
650 0 $aSlavery$zSouthern States$xHistory$y19th century.
651 0 $aSouthern States$xDescription and travel.
650 0 $aTravelers' writings, American$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aTravelers' writings, English$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aSlavery$zSouthern States$xPublic opinion.
650 0 $aPublic opinion$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aPublic opinion$zEngland$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aSlavery in literature.
650 0 $aAmerican literature$y19th century$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aEnglish literature$y19th century$xHistory and criticism.
655 7 $aCriticism, interpretation, etc.$2fast
655 7 $aHistory.$2fast
776 08 $iOnline version:$aLockard, Joe, 1953-$tWatching slavery.$dNew York : Peter Lang, 2008$w(OCoLC)681050006
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