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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Foster, Frances Smith.
Written by herself : literary production by African American
women, 1746-1892 / Frances Smith Foster.
p. cm. — (Blacks in the diaspora)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-253-32409-2 (cloth : alk. paper). — ISBN 0-253-20786-X
(paper : alk. paper)
1. American literature—Afro-American authors—History and
criticism. 2. American literature—Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775—
History and criticism. 3. American literature—Women authors—
History and criticism. 4. American literature— 19th century—
History and criticism. 5. Afro-American women—Intellectual life.
6. Afro-American women in literature. 7. Afro-Americans in
literature. I. Title. II. Series.
PS153.N5F68 1993

810.9'9287—dc20

92-23916

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