Beyond Slavery and Abolition

Black British Writing, C.1770-1830
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-1-108-47565-5
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 278 Seiten, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 544 g

The first full-length historical study of pre-abolition black British writing, this book challenges established narratives of eighteenth-century black history that focus almost exclusively on slavery and abolition. Ryan Hanley expands our perspectives to encompass the often neglected but important black writers of the time, and highlights their contribution to politics, culture, and the arts. He considers the lives and works of contemporary black literary celebrities alongside largely forgotten evangelical authors and political radicals to uncover how they came to produce such diverse and powerful work. By navigating the social, religious, political and professional networks that surrounded these authors and their writing, he also reveals that black intellectuals were never confined to the peripheries of British culture. From the decks of Royal Navy ships to the drawing rooms of country houses, from the pub to the pulpit, black writers, and the work they produced, helped to build modern Britain.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hanley, Ryan

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; Part I. Black Celebrities: 1. Ignatius Sancho and posthumous literary celebrity, 1779–1782; 2. Olaudah Equiano: celebrity abolitionist; 3. Mary Prince and the infamy of victimhood, 1828–1833; Part II. Black Evangelicals: 4. Ukawsaw Gronniosaw and British Calvinism, 1765–1779; 5. Boston King, Kingswood School, and British Methodism, 1794–1798; 6. John Jea in Lancashire and Hampshire, 1801–1817; Part III. Black Radicals: 7. Ottobah Cugoano and the 'Black poor', 1786–1791; 8. Robert Wedderburn and London's radical underworld; Conclusion; Select bibliography.

Über Autor(innen)

Hanley, Ryan
Ryan Hanley is Lecturer in Modern British History at the University of Exeter.