Until fairly recently, critical studies and anthologies of
African American literature generally began with the 1830s and
1840s. Yet there was an active and lively transatlantic black
literary tradition as early as the 1760s. Genius in Bondage
situates this literature in its own historical terms, rather than
treating it as a sort of prologue to later African American
writings. The contributors address the shifting meanings of race
and gender during this period, explore how black identity was
cultivated within a capitalist economy, discuss the impact of
Christian religion and the Enlightenment on definitions of freedom
and liberty, and identify ways in which black literature both
engaged with and rebelled against Anglo-American culture.
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