African American literature of slavery has a translation history dating from at least the 1840s. One of the Project's collections addresses this history, with special attention to translations of Frederick Douglass published from the 19th-century to the present day. The collection includes podcast readings of selected chapters from Douglass' 1845 narrative in French, Hebrew, Spanish, and most recently a Chinese reading by Prof. John Zou. Read more...
A paper reading on US antislavery poetry, with special consideration of commemorative poetry for Elijah Lovejoy. Read by Professor Joe Lockard (Arizona State University).