Violence in the Black Imagination: Essays and Documents |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 57
Page 65
... wife ! But I must be short . Six weeks ago I reached my old master's place . I laid about the neighborhood nearly a week , watching my chance , and , finally , I ventured upon the desperate attempt to reach my poor wife's room by means ...
... wife ! But I must be short . Six weeks ago I reached my old master's place . I laid about the neighborhood nearly a week , watching my chance , and , finally , I ventured upon the desperate attempt to reach my poor wife's room by means ...
Page 98
... wife and children , Blake's wife and his son , Little Joe , have white blood flowing through them . Blake is unable to bring himself to kill Franks and feels a wide range of clashing emotions concerning violence , but he decides he must ...
... wife and children , Blake's wife and his son , Little Joe , have white blood flowing through them . Blake is unable to bring himself to kill Franks and feels a wide range of clashing emotions concerning violence , but he decides he must ...
Page 112
... wife is sold away from me by a man who is one of the leading members of the very church to which both she and I belong ! Put my trust in the Lord ! I have done so all my life nearly , and of what use is it to me ? My wife is sold from ...
... wife is sold away from me by a man who is one of the leading members of the very church to which both she and I belong ! Put my trust in the Lord ! I have done so all my life nearly , and of what use is it to me ? My wife is sold from ...
Contents
Part I | 17 |
Part II | 42 |
Rage in the Fiction of Martin Delany | 79 |
Copyright | |
2 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Africa Ailcey American Andy Anglo-African beautiful black nation Blake bleve Brown called Charles child chile Clotelle Colonel color daddy Joe dat's daughter Delany dollars door Douglass Edward Covey Emigration escape exclaimed eyes father feelings felt folks Franks Frederick Douglass freedom fugitive gentleman Gertrude girl hand heah heard heart hope horse Ibid inquired Isabella Jerome lady land Laud Linwood Listwell looking Madison MADISON WASHINGTON mammy Judy Martin Delany master Miller mistress morning mother mulatto Nat Turner negro never nigger night old woman once oppressor passed plantation poor quadroon race replied Henry river Rochester North Star seemed servant slave slaveholding slavery sold soon Southern stand steamer Stephen Franks stood tears tell thought Tony took violence Virginia voice whip wife William William Wells Brown women yeh gwine young