4) African American and Abolitionist Literature in the 19th century Flashcards
Who is the first published African American poet and what did they write?
Phillis Wheatley, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral
What was the name of the first organized abolitionists?
Quakers
Which state was the first to abolish slavery?
Pennsylvania
Who was free-born Black woman, journalist and public speaker?
Maria W. Stewart
Who did the “Ain’t I a Woman” speech?
Sojourner Truth
Which group of writers also belonged to the Abolitionist movement?
Transcendentalists
Frederick Douglass
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
What did Lydia Maria Child write?
Novels, instruction manuals for housewives
Which book was the first anti-slavery work published as a book and who wrote it?
An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans, Lydia Maria Child
Lydia Maria Child
Hobomok, The Quadroons, An Appeal In Favour of that Class of Americans Called Africans
Name two works where you can find a tragic mulatta characters
The Quadroons, Clotel, or, the President’s Daughter
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
Poems on Miscellaneous Subjects; Iola Leroy, or Shadows Uplifted
Who helped Harriet Jacobs to edit and publish Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl?
Lydia Maria Child
Which book is considered the first novel published by an African American?
Clotel, or, the President’s Daughter
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
What is the setting in the beginning of Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
plantation in Louisiana
What happens to Uncle Tom?
he is beaten to death by his new “owner” Simon Legree, in his dying moments, he forgives his assailants and expresses his faith in God
What is the name of the first Uncle Tom’s “owner”?
Mr. Shelby
What happens to Eliza in Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
Eliza and her family find freedom and safety in Canada
Name some of the themes in Uncle Tom’s Cabin
the evil of slavery, the treatment of humans as property, the incompatibility of slavery and Christian values, the moral power of women
Why is Uncle Tom’s Cabin considered controversial?
because it created many stereotypes
Harriet Jacobs
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
What is the name of the main character in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl?
Linda Brent
For how long does Linda hides in a cramped attic space in her grandmother’s house?
for seven years
How does Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl end?
Linda escapes to the North and finds refuge in NYC, however, she must navigate the challenges of living as a fugitive and supporting herself and her children
