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Black Women's Activism: Reading African American Women's Historical Romances
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Black Women's Activism: Reading African American Women's Historical Romances

by Rita B. Dandridge. 120 pgs.

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Table of contents
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction: Reading African American Women's Historical Romances 1
Chapter 1: Antebellum Activism: The Call to Freedom 15
Chapter 2: Civil War Volunteerism: The Call to Reconstitute Family 37
Chapter 3: Postbellum Activism: The Call to Heal 47
Chapter 4: Post-Reconstruction Activism: The Call to Be Educated and to Educate . 65
Chapter 5: Early-Twentieth-Century Activism: Saving Land in Texas 79
Epilogue: From Reading Historical Romances to Expanding the African American Literary Canon . 89
Notes 93
Bibliography 109
Index 117
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