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This Anthology Provides A Single, Convenient Volume Of Diverse Primary Texts Supporting The Teaching And Research Field Of Anglophone Transatlantic Literature And Print Culture In The Long Nineteenth Century. Focusing On Ongoing And Shared Concerns And Social Practices Across The Long Nineteenth Century, The Book's Thematically-organised Sections Mark Major Transatlantic Social Movements Of That Era As Expressed, Negotiated, And Recorded Through Literary Production. The Anthology Offers A Range Of Tools And Texts For Innovative Thinking, Teaching, And Exploration. Headnotes Provide Guidance On How Individual Selections Arose From Social And Historical Contexts And, Often, Suggest Potential Pairings With Other Selections. Annotations Create Student-friendly Identification Of Key Terms Or Allusions.--publisher Description. 'to The Right Honourable William, Earl Of Dartmouth' (1773) / Phillis Wheatley -- 'the Negro's Complaint' (1788) 'ode: The Insurrection Of The Slaves At St. Domingo' (1792) / William Cowper -- From An Appeal To The Religion, Justice, And Humanity Of The Inhabitants Of The British Empire, In Behalf Of The Negro Slaves In The West Indies (1823) / William Wilberforce -- From The History Of Mary Prince: A West Indian Slave. Related By Herself (1831) / Mary Prince -- 'thirty Years', Translated By Richard R. Madden (1840) / Juan Francisco Manzano -- 'preface' To The Second Dublin Edition, Narrative Of The Life Of Frederick Douglass (1846) / Frederick Douglass -- 'the Runaway Slave At Pilgrim's Point' (1848) / Elizabeth Barrett Browning -- London Anti-slavery Speech Of September (1849) / William Wells Brown -- Transatlantic Exchanges On Slavery (1853-63) -- 'the Affectionate And Christian Address Of Many Thousands Of Women Of Great Britain And Ireland To Their Sisters The Women Of The United States Of America' (1853) -- Responses To The 'affectionate Letter' -- From 'editor's Table' Response (1853) / Sarah Josepha Hale -- 'to The Duchess Of Sutherland And