"Doers of the word"
Subtitle: African-American women speakers and writers in the North (1830-1880)
By: Carla L. Peterson.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
Subjects: American prose literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism.; American prose literature -- Northeastern States -- History and criticism.; American prose literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.; American prose literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.; Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; African American women social reformers -- Northeastern States.; Social problems -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; African American women -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.; African Americans -- Social conditions -- 19th century.; African American women in literature.; African Americans in literature.; Social problems in literature.; Race in literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-271) and index.
Originally published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.