ENGL 1289 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Zora Neale Hurston, Am America, Langston Hughes
23 Apr 2016
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[i, being born a woman and distressed] . Never were slaves themselves, are away of the history that precedes them. Phyllis wheatley had a relationship to africa. Term associated with the time between being a free person in africa and coming to the us vs the. The time on the boat stolen from the place of birth and taken somewhere new; treated like property. The space between of someone to something (nobody) The period from the 1700"s through the 1865 (end of the civic war) Freedom from slavery following the civic war. Turn of the 20th century, late 19th. Move from the south to the urban north. Move because to get away from the racism in the south and economic reasons! 2 million people moved from the rural cities to the urban north in 30 years. Detroit (ford equal pay for any color), st louis, new york. Shift from south to the north; we see it in zora"s piece!
