 | Ghosts of Slavery: A Literary Archaeology of Black Women’s Lives Subjects: West Indian literature (English) -- History and criticism; Slavery in literature; Stedman John Gabriel 1744–1797. Narrative of a five years’ expedition against the revolted Negroes of Surinam; Prince Mary. History of Mary Prince a West Indian slave; W; While some scholars imply that only the struggle for freedom was legitimate, Jenny Sharpe complicates the linear narrativeOCofrom slavery to freedom and literacyOCothat emerged from the privileging of autobiographical accounts like that of Frederick Douglass. She challenges a paradigm that equates agency with resistance and self-determination, and introduces new ways to examine negotiations for power within the constraints of slavery." |
