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- Title
Incident in the Lives of Three African American Poets, Written by Themselves.
- Authors
Church, L. Teresa; Moore, Lenard D.; Shockley, Evie
- Abstract
Presents the authors' reflections on going to a poetry reading in Bertie County, North Carolina. Astonishment at discovering that the organizer of the event was white and that she lived in a well-maintained plantation house; Discomfiture felt by the authors at staying the night in the house; Speculation on what life must have been like at the house when African Americans were still slaves.
- Subjects
BERTIE County (N.C.); NORTH Carolina; AFRICAN American poets; PLANTATIONS; PLANTATION life; SLAVERY
- Publication
African American Review, 2004, Vol 38, Issue 2, p281
- ISSN
1062-4783
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/1512290