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The War on Words: Slavery, Race, and Free Speech in American Literature Michael T. Gilmore
The War on Words: Slavery, Race, and Free Speech in American Literature
Michael T. Gilmore
Argues that they were the carriers of linguistic restriction, and writers from Frederick Douglass to Stephen Crane wrestled with the demands for silence and circumspection that accompanied the antebellum fear of disunion and the postwar reconciliation between the North and South.
344 pages, 1 halftone
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | December 6, 2013 |
| ISBN13 | 9780226101699 |
| Publishers | The University of Chicago Press |
| Pages | 340 |
| Dimensions | 227 × 152 × 22 mm · 526 g |
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