ENGL 2270 Midterm Authors, Dates, & Passages

The Last & Dying Words of Mark

Mark, 1755, gallows literature, autobiography

The Petition of Belinda an Affrican

Belinda, 1783, petition

Bars Fight

Lucy Terry, 1746, ballad

Narrative of the Uncommon Sufferings and Surprizing Deliverance of Briton Hammon

Briton Hammon, 1760, captivity narrative

An Evening Thought

Jupiter Hammon, 1760, salvation poem

An Address to Miss Phillis Wheatley

Jupiter Hammon, 1778, religious poem

The Battle of Lexington

Lemuel Haynes, 1775, patriotic ballad

Preface; To the Publick; On Being Brought from Africa to America; To Maecenas

Phillis Wheatley, 1773, author; author; lyric poem; ode

On the Death of Rev. Mr. George Whitefield

Phillis Wheatley, 1770, elegy

From Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral

Phillis Wheatley, 1773 (entire collection)

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano

Olaudah Equiano, 1789, captivity narrative

A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, A Native of Africa

Venture Smith, 1798, autobiography, slave narrative

Theresa: A Haytien Tale

S, 1828, short story

David Walker’s Appeal in Four Articles to the Colored Citizens of the World

David Walker, 1830, manifesto

Lecture Delivered at the Franklin Hall, Boston, September 21, 1832

Maria Stewart, 1832, speech

Religion and the Pure Principles of Morality, the Sure Foundation on Which We Must Build

Maria Stewart, 1831, abolitionist writing/public address