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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.

Watching Slavery: Witness Texts and Travel Reports

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    Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
    Publication Date: 06/02/2008
    ISBN13: 9780820495415, 978-0820495415
    ISBN10: 820495417

    Number of Pages: 214

    Non Fiction , ELT & Literary Studies , Education

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    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.

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