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From the Darkness Cometh the Light, or Struggles for Freedom
In "From the Darkness Cometh the Light, or Struggles for Freedom," Lucy A. Delaney weaves a poignant narrative that examines the multifaceted experiences of African Americans in the antebellum period, particularly focusing on their quests for autonomy and dignity. Delaney employs a rich, emotive prose style, intertwining personal anecdotes with broader historical contexts, thus highlighting the systemic oppression faced by enslaved individuals while illuminating their resilience. This compelling juxtaposition of despair and hope invites readers to engage deeply with the prevailing themes of freedom, identity, and social justice. Lucy A. Delaney, a former enslaved woman turned abolitionist an...
From the Darkness Cometh the Light, Or Struggles for Freedom
Lucy Ann Delaney was a slave in the 19th century - her shocking narrative, telling of struggles and eventual triumph over oppression, offer a poignant catalog of the horrors of slavery. Much of Lucy Delaney's memoir tells of her mother Polly's struggles to regain freedom in tandem with her daughter. The legal difficulties would see their cases drag on for years, despite Polly originally having been kidnapped from her home state of Illinois. Opportunist people smugglers of the era would commonly resort to kidnapping blacks living in the northerly states where slavery had already been made illegal. The kidnap, transport and sale of a person often took mere weeks to achieve, and usually proved ...
From the Darkness Cometh the Light; Or, Struggles for Freedom (Dodo Press)
Lucy Ann Delaney (c. 1830-c. 1890s) was an African-American author and former slave, remembered for her inspiring 1891 narrative From the Darkness Cometh the Light; or, Struggles for Freedom, which remains virtually the only source of information regarding her life. The text takes much of its shape from slave narratives and is primarily devoted to Polly Berry's struggles to free her family. Though the story is ostensibly Delaney's, Berry remains the primary driving force and often seems to be more the protagonist than Delaney herself. The narrative is very spiritual in tone, both celebrating what Delaney sees as God's benevolent role in her own life as well as attacking the hypocrisy of Christian slave owners. Also, like many post-bellum slave narratives, From the Darkness does not so much recount the horrors of slavery as attempt to show the strength of the African-Americans who suffered them. Consequently, the narrative continues after Delaney's freedom, showing her fortitude following the death of her first husband, and later her four children. Delaney also celebrates her later political involvement, arguing for the potential of African-American citizens in American democracy.
From the Darkness Cometh Light
From the Darkness Cometh the Light (1891) is a memoir by Lucy A. Delaney. Published in St. Louis in the last year of Delaney's life, the work is regarded as an essential slave narrative and the only firsthand account of a freedom suit, by which some enslaved African Americans were able to achieve their freedom prior to emancipation. Twentieth century scholars of feminism and African American literature in particular have upheld her work and continue to celebrate her influence on the historical and cultural development of the nation. "On a dismal night in the month of September, Polly, with four other colored persons, were kidnapped, and, after being securely bound and gagged, were put into a...
The Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature
A breathtaking achievement, this Concise Companion is a suitable crown to the astonishing production in African American literature and criticism that has swept over American literary studies in the last two decades. It offers an enormous range of writers-from Sojourner Truth to Frederick Douglass, from Zora Neale Hurston to Ralph Ellison, and from Toni Morrison to August Wilson. It contains entries on major works (including synopses of novels), such as Harriet Jacobs's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Richard Wright's Native Son, and Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun. It also incorporates information on literary characters such as Bigger Thomas, Coffin Ed Johnson, Kunta Kinte, ...
Ain't But a Place
This collection of fiction and poetry, memoirs and autobiography, history and journalism illuminates the African American experience in St. Louis in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Encyclopedia of African American Women Writers
African American women writers published extensively during the Harlem Renaissance and have been extraordinarily prolific since the 1970s. This book surveys the world of African American women writers. Included are alphabetically arranged entries on more than 150 novelists, poets, playwrights, short fiction writers, autobiographers, essayists, and influential scholars. The Encyclopedia covers established contemporary authors such as Toni Morrison and Gloria Naylor, along with a range of neglected and emerging figures. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and provides a brief biography, a discussion of major works, a survey of the author's critical reception, and primary and seconda...
Before Dred Scott
An analysis of slave and slaveholder understanding and manipulation of formal legal systems in the region known as the American Confluence during the antebellum era.
From the Darkness Cometh the Light, Or Struggles for Freedom
From the Darkness Cometh the Light, or Struggles for Freedom by Lucy A. (Lucy Ann) Delaney that we reared beforeCrumble to make a dust to hide who dies." In the year 18-, Mr. and Mrs. John Woods and Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Posey lived as one family in the State of Illinois. Living with Mrs. Posey was a little negro girl, named Polly Crocket, who had made it her home there, in peace and happiness, for five years. On a dismal night in the month of September, Polly, with four other colored persons, were kidnapped, and, after being securely bound and gagged, were put into a skiff and carried across the Mississippi River to the city of St. Louis. Shortly after, these unfortunate negroes were taken up...
Black Women Freedom Fighters
During the antebellum period, African American women were at the center of the nation's battle between slavery and liberty as the country moved closer to civil war. Their resistance added momentum to the abolition movement and led to a more militant stance against slavery among both Black and White Northerners. While their fight exposed the true horrors of slavery, these women's stories also reveal their agency, resilience, and ingenuity. This work highlights the lives of women who faced and fought against an institution that sanctioned both physical and sexual violence. It also examines the plight of free Black women who were kidnapped and thrust into slavery, and the effects of familial separation. The authors explore how the actions of African American women helped fuel the expansion of the Underground Railroad, influenced both state and federal policy, and ultimately played a vital role in the abolition movement. This book shifts the narrative of emancipation, illuminating the vital contributions of African American women and positioning them at the center of the fight to end slavery.
