"Dusky powder magazines": the Creole revolt (1841) in nineteenth century American literature

This thesis examines literary and historical accounts of the Creole slave ship revolt (1841) by Frederick Douglass, William Wells Brown, Lydia Maria Child and Pauline E. Hopkins. The introduction debates the generic status of government testimony and press reportage and identifies the fundamental th...

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Main Author: Bernier, Celeste-Marie
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2002
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/11502/