Highlights of Volume B: 1820 to Reconstruction
âĸ Complete texts of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave; and Benito Cereno
âĸ In-depth, Contexts sections on such topics as âNature and the Environment,â âExpansion, Native American Expulsion, and Manifest Destiny,â âGender and Sexuality,â and âOratoryâ
âĸ Broader and more extensive coverage of African American oral literature than in competing anthologies
âĸ Full author sections in the anthology are devoted to authors such as George Moses Horton, Jane Johnston Schoolcraft, JosÊ Maria Heredia, Black Hawk, and many others