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Book Synopsis"Not often does a literary analysis offer clarification and insight of prevailing historical analysis. But that is precisely what O'Neale's analysis does... " âCynthia Hamilton, Director, African and Afro-American Studies, University of Rhode Island
Trade Review...O'Neale supports her claims by giving excellent analyses of the poems and prose that show how Hammon delivered his real message through the use if masking devices, mostly accomplished by employing biblical rhetoric and imagery. Recommended for all students and researchers of African American studies. * CHOICE *
Not often does a literary analysis offer clarification and insight of prevailing historical analysis. But that is precisely what...O'Neale's analysis...does...forces us to reckon with a liberation theology among black Americans originating in 18th-century structures of domination. * Cynthia Hamilton, Director, African and Afro-American Studi *
Clearly and rightly interprets his writings as the earliest anti-slavery protest published by a black person...places Hammon's writings in their widest possible context...a much needed corrective to many years of misinterpretation and misinformation. -- John C. Diamond, Andrew W. Mellon Professor Of Systematic T
