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The Slave in the Swamp: Disrupting the Plantation Narrative

The Slave in the Swamp: Disrupting the Plantation Narrative

Cowa, William Tynes

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Series: Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory

Literary Criticism

ISBN10: 1138868655
ISBN13: 9781138868656
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Apr 23 2015
Pages: 296
Weight: 0.88
Height: 0.62 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In 19th century plantation literature, the runaway slave in the swamp was a recurring bogey-man whose presence challenged myths of the plantation system. By escaping to the swamps with its wild and threatening connotations, the runaway gained an invisibility that was more threatening to the institution than open rebellion. In part, the proslavery plantation novel served to transform that image of the free slave in the swamp from its untouchable, abstract state to a form that could be possessed, understood, and controlled. Essentially, writers defending the institution would conjure forth the rebellious image in order to dispel it safely.

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