American Lazarus: Religion and the Rise of African-American and Native American Literatures by Joanna Brooks

American Lazarus: Religion and the Rise of African-American and Native American Literatures

Joanna Brooks

272 pages first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction religion challenging informative reflective medium-paced

Description

The 1780s and 1790s were a critical era for communities of color in the new United States of America. Even Thomas Jefferson observed that in the aftermath of the American Revolution, "the spirit of the master is abating, that of the slave rising f...

Read more

Community reviews

This book doesn't have any reviews or ratings yet!

If you've read it, mark it as 'read' and add a review to help others in the StoryGraph community figure out if it might be a book for them!

Content Warnings

This book doesn't have any content warnings yet!

If you're the author of this book and want to add author-approved content warnings, please email us at [email protected] to request the content warning form.