Syllabus Slave Narratives Charts Letter by a slave woman History Questions Timeline Beloved
African American Literature
2002 - 2003
Ms. Linda Lorenz, instructor
The Beginnings of African American Literature

 

 

Room 327
Periods 1, 3, 5, & 7

 

 

 

 

 

 

MATERIALS:

TEXTBOOKS: African American Literature (Holt, Rhinehart, & Winston, 1992); The Prentice Hall Anthology of African American Literature (compiled by Rochelle Smith and Sharon L. Jones, 1999); Norton Anthology of African American Literature (compiled by Henry Louis Gates and Nellie Y. McKay, 1997). You might also find Before The Mayflower by Lerone Bennett, Jr., helpful.

 

WEBSITES:

Perkins Library, Duke University
Georgetown County Plantation
American Women's History
Library of Science / WPA Project
Library of Congress /Slave Narratives Project

Library of Congress

Virginia University

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Syllabus Slave Narratives Charts Letter by a slave woman History Questions Timeline Beloved