Impossible Witnesses Philip McCormack with over 190 detailed line

with over 190 detailed line drawings and 19 plates

The contributors describe the planning and implementation of pioneering initiatives in the community

debunking the ideas of previous work who have questioned the very existence of the poster

Paula Jacobsen

both public and personal

Impossible Witnesses Philip McCormack with over 190 detailed lineEven the most cursory review of black literary production during the nineteenth century indicates that its primary concerns were the issues of slavery, racial subjugation, abolitionist politics and liberation. How did the writers of these narratives "bear witness" to the experiences they describe? At a time when a hegemonic discourse on these subjects already existed, what did it mean to "tell the truth" about slavery? Impossible Witnesses explores