The Hart sisters
Subtitle: early African Caribbean writers, evangelicals, and radicals
By: edited and with an introduction by Moira Ferguson.
Contributors: Ferguson, Moira.; Gilbert, Anne Hart, 1773-1833.; Thwaites, Elizabeth Hart, 1772-1833.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
Subjects: Gilbert, Anne Hart, 1773-1833 -- Correspondence; Thwaites, Elizabeth Hart, 1772-1833 -- Correspondence; Caribbean poetry (English) -- Black authors; Authors, Caribbean -- 19th century -- Correspondence; Christian biography -- Caribbean Area; Radicalism -- Caribbean Area -- History; Women -- Caribbean Area -- Biography; Methodism -- Antigua -- History; Antigua -- Biography
Description: Daughters of a black slaveholder father, Anne Hart Gilbert and Elizabeth Hart Thwaites were among the first educators of slaves and free African Caribbeans in late 18th and early 19th century Antigua. This is a collection of the writings of these members of the "free colored" community who married white men and played an active role in society.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes various works by Anne Hart Gilbert and Elizabeth Hart Thwaites.