Black American literature; a critical history, by Whitlow, Roger

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Folklore: Humor, Endurance, and the Mask; Origins, Tales of Exaggeration, Blues and Spirituals, Work Songs, Legendary-Men Tales, Slave Stories, Animal Tales, Minstrel Shows and Vaudeville, Folk Tradition in Black Literature, Contemporary Folk Forms -- 1746-1825: Looking Toward Religion; Lucy Terry: First Black Writing, Jupiter Hammon: First Published Black Literature, Phillis Wheatley, Gustavus Vassa: The Slave Narrative -- 1825-1890: Early Themes of Protest; George Moses Horton: Early Protest Poetry, James M. …”